Hos 14
1
Return, O Israel, unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast stumbled in thine iniquity.
2
Take with you words, and return unto the LORD; say unto Him: 'Forgive all iniquity,
and accept that which is good; so will we render for bullocks the offering of our
lips.
3
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we call any more
the work of our hands our gods; for in Thee the fatherless findeth mercy.'
4
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for Mine anger is turned away
from him.
5
I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his
roots as Lebanon.
6
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his fragrance
as Lebanon.
7
They that dwell under his shadow shall again make corn to grow, and shall blossom
as the vine; the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
8
Ephraim shall say : 'What have I to do any more with idols?' As for Me, I respond
and look on him; I am like a leafy cypress-tree; from Me is thy fruit found.
9
Whoso is wise, let him understand these things, whoso is prudent, let him know them.
For the ways of the LORD are right, and the just do walk in them; but transgressors
do stumble therein.