Hosea 14:1-7 ▼

1 “Turn back, O Israel, to your God YHWH, || For you have stumbled by your iniquity.

2 Take words with you, and turn to YHWH, || Say to Him, Take away all iniquity, and give good, || And we render the fruit of our lips.

3 Asshur does not save us, we do not ride on a horse, || Nor do we say anymore, Our god, to the work of our hands, || For in You the fatherless find mercy.

4 I heal their backsliding, I love them freely, || For My anger has turned back from him.

5 I am as dew to Israel, he flourishes as a lily, || And he strikes forth his roots as Lebanon.

6 His shoots go on, || And his splendor is as an olive, || And he has fragrance as Lebanon.

7 The dwellers return under his shadow, || They revive [as] grain, and flourish as a vine, || His memorial [is] as wine of Lebanon.