Hos 14 | LSB | STEP | Return, O Israel, to Yahweh your God, For you have stumbled in your iniquity.

‏ Hosea 14

Yahweh’s Anger Turns Away from Israel

1 ^{▼▼ Ch 14:2 in Heb}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 ^{▼▼Or accept that which is good}take what is good,
That we may pay in full ^{▼▼As in ancient versions; M.T. our lips as bulls}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 ^{▼▼Or fatherless}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 ^{▼▼Lit strike his roots}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 ^{▼▼Or return, they will raise grain}again raise grain,
And they will flourish like the vine.
His name of remembrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.
8 O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after ^{▼▼Lit him}you.
I am like a luxuriant cypress;
From Me ^{▼▼Lit is found}comes your fruit.
9 Whoever is wise, so let him discern these things;
Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the ways of Yahweh are right,
And the righteous will walk in them,
But transgressors will stumble in them.