Hos14:1 Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
Hos14:2 Take with you words and return to the LORD;say to him, 'Take away all iniquity;accept that which is good and we will render the fruit of our lips.
Hos14:3 Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses;and we will say no more, Our God,' to the work of our hands. In thee the orphan finds mercy.'
Hos14:4 I will heal their faithlessness;I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.
Hos14:5 I will be as the dew to Israel;he shall blossom as the lily, he shall strike root as the poplar;
Hos14:6 his shoots shall spread out;his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
Hos14:7 They shall return and dwell beneath my shadow, they shall flourish as a garden;they shall blossom as the vine, their fragrance shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
Hos14:8 O E'phraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress, from me comes your fruit.
Hos14:9 Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;whoever is discerning, let him know them;for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.