Hosea 14:1-7 ▼

1 Return, O Israel, to Yahweh your God, For you have stumbled in your iniquity.

2 Take words with you and return to Yahweh. Say to Him, “Forgive all iniquity And take what is good, That we may pay in full the fruit of our lips.

3 Assyria will not save us; We will not ride on horses, Nor will we say again, ‘Our god,’ To the work of our hands; For in You the orphan finds compassion.”

4 I will heal their turning away from Me; I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from them.

5 I will be like the dew to Israel; He will flourish like the lily, And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

6 His shoots will go forth, And his splendor will be like the olive tree And his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.

7 Those who live in his shadow Will again raise grain, And they will flourish like the vine. His name of remembrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.