Hosea 14:2-9
New International Version
2 Take words with you
and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
“Forgive(A) all our sins
and receive us graciously,(B)
that we may offer the fruit of our lips.[a](C)
3 Assyria cannot save us;(D)
we will not mount warhorses.(E)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’(F)
to what our own hands have made,(G)
for in you the fatherless(H) find compassion.”
4 “I will heal(I) their waywardness(J)
and love them freely,(K)
for my anger has turned away(L) from them.
5 I will be like the dew(M) to Israel;
he will blossom like a lily.(N)
Like a cedar of Lebanon(O)
he will send down his roots;(P)
6 his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,(Q)
his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.(R)
7 People will dwell again in his shade;(S)
they will flourish like the grain,
they will blossom(T) like the vine—
Israel’s fame will be like the wine(U) of Lebanon.(V)
8 Ephraim, what more have I[b] to do with idols?(W)
I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;(X)
your fruitfulness comes from me.”
Footnotes
- Hosea 14:2 Or offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls
- Hosea 14:8 Or Hebrew; Septuagint What more has Ephraim
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