Hosea 14:1-7 ▼

1 |Return, Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have fallen due to your own iniquity.

2 Bring a prepared speech with you as you return to the LORD. Say to him: 'Take away all our iniquity, and accept what is good. Then we will present the fruit of our lips.

3 Assyria won't save us; we won't be riding on horses, Nor will we be saying anymore to the work of our hands, |You are our God.| Indeed, in you the orphan finds mercy.'

4 |I will correct their apostasy, loving them freely, since my anger will have turned away from them.

5 I will be like the dew to Israel; Israel will blossom like a lily, growing roots like the cedars of Lebanon.

6 Israel's branches will spread out, and its beauty will be like an olive tree, with its scent like that of Lebanon.

7 Those who live under its protection will surely return. Their grain will flourish; they will blossom like a vine, and Israel's scent will be like wine from Lebanon.