Hosea 14 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Return, O Israel, to the Lord thy God; for the people have fallen through thine iniquities. Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. Return, Israel, to the LORD your God. Your sins have been your downfall!
2 Take with you words, and turn to the Lord your God: speak to him, that ye may not receive the reward of unrighteousness, but that ye may receive good things: and we will render in return the fruit of our lips. Take with you words and return to the LORD; say to him, “Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips. Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: “Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips.
3 Assur shall never save us; we will not mount on horseback; we will no longer say to the works of our hands, Our gods. He who is in thee shall pity the orphan. Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will say no more, ‘Our God,’ to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy.” Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount warhorses. We will never again say ‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion.”
4 I will restore their dwellings, I will love them truly: for he has turned away my wrath from him. I will heal their apostasy; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them. “I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them.
5 I will be as dew to Israel: he shall bloom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Libanus. I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon; I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots;
6 His branches shall spread, and he shall be as a fruitful olive, and his smell shall be as the smell of Libanus. his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon. his young shoots will grow. His splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.
7 They shall return, and dwell under his shadow: they shall live and be satisfied with corn, and he shall flower as a vine: his memorial shall be to Ephraim as the wine of Libanus. They shall return and dwell beneath my shadow; they shall flourish like the grain; they shall blossom like the vine; their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon. People will dwell again in his shade; they will flourish like the grain, they will blossom like the vine— Israel’s fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.
8 What has he to do any more with idols? I have afflicted him, and I will strengthen him: I am as a leafy juniper tree. From me is thy fruit found. O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; from me comes your fruit. Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a flourishing juniper; your fruitfulness comes from me.”
9 Who is wise, and will understand these things? or prudent, and will know them? for the ways of the Lord are straight, and the righteous shall walk in them: but the ungodly shall fall therein. Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them. Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the LORD are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.
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