Hos 14 | NASB2020 | STEP | Return , Israel , to the Lord your God , For you have stumbled because of your wrongdoing .

Hosea 14

Israel’s Future Blessing

1 ^{▼▼Ch 14:2 in Heb
,} ^bReturn, Israel, to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled ^{▼▼Or in}because of your ^dwrongdoing.
2 Take words with you and return to the Lord.
Say to Him, “ ^eTake away all guilt
And ^{▼▼Or accept that which is good}receive us graciously,
So that we may ^gpresent ^{▼▼As in ancient versions; MT our lips as bulls}the fruit of our lips.
3 “Assyria will not save us,
We will ⁱnot ride on horses;
Nor will we say again, ‘ ^jOur god’
To the ^kwork of our hands;
For in ^lYou the ^{▼▼Or fatherless}orphan finds mercy.”

4 I will ⁿheal their apostasy,
I will ^olove them freely,
Because My anger has ^pturned away from them.
5 I will be like the ^qdew to Israel;
He will blossom like the ^rlily,
And he will ^{▼▼Lit strike his roots}take root like the cedars of ^tLebanon.
6 His shoots will ^{▼▼Lit go}sprout,
His ^{▼▼Lit splendor}majesty will be like the ^wolive tree,
And his fragrance like the cedars of ^xLebanon.
7 Those who ^ylive in his shadow
Will ^{▼▼Or return, they will raise grain}again raise ^aagrain,
And they will blossom like the vine.
His fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.

8 Ephraim, what more have I to do with ^abidols?
It is I who answer and look after ^{▼▼Lit him}you.
I am like a luxuriant ^adjuniper;
From ^aeMe ^{▼▼Lit is found}comes your fruit.

9 ^agWhoever is wise, let him understand these things;
Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the ^ahways of the Lord are right,
And the ^airighteous will walk in them,
But ^ajwrongdoers will stumble in them.