Hos 14:1-4 | ESV | STEP | Return , O Israel , to the Lord your God , for you have stumbled because of your iniquity .

Hosea 14:1-4

A Plea to Return to the Lord

1 ^aReturn, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for ^byou have stumbled because of your iniquity.
2 Take with you words
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all iniquity;
accept ^cwhat is good,
and we will pay with bulls
^dthe vows ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit} of our lips.
3 ^fAssyria shall not save us;
^gwe will not ride on horses;
and ^hwe will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
ⁱIn you the orphan finds mercy.”
4 I ^jwill heal their apostasy;
^kI will love them freely,
for my anger has turned from them.