Hosea 14
New International Version - Hosea 14 << | >> 1234567891011121314 14:1 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God. Your sins have been your downfall! 14:2 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. 14:3 Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount war-horses. We will never again say 'Our gods' to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion.' 14:4 'I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them. 14:5 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; 14:6 his young shoots will grow. His splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon. 14:7 Men will dwell again in his shade. He will flourish like the grain. He will blossom like a vine, and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon. 14:8 O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a green pine tree; your fruitfulness comes from me.' 14:9 Who is wise? He will realize these things. Who is discerning? He will understand them. The ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.