Israel’s Future Blessing
14 [a](A)Return, Israel, to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled [b]because of your (B)wrongdoing.
2 Take words with you and return to the Lord.
Say to Him, “(C)Take away all guilt
And [c]receive us graciously,
So that we may (D)present [d]the fruit of our lips.
3 Assyria will not save us,
We will (E)not ride on horses;
Nor will we say again, ‘(F)Our god’
To the (G)work of our hands;
For in (H)You the [e]orphan finds mercy.”
4 I will (I)heal their apostasy,
I will (J)love them freely,
Because My anger has (K)turned away from them.
5 I will be like the (L)dew to Israel;
He will blossom like the (M)lily,
And he will [f]take root like the cedars of (N)Lebanon.
6 His shoots will [g]sprout,
His [h]majesty will be like the (O)olive tree,
And his fragrance like the cedars of (P)Lebanon.
7 Those who (Q)live in his shadow
Will [i]again raise (R)grain,
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 (S)idols?
It is I who answer and look after [j]you.
I am like a luxuriant (T)juniper;
From (U)Me [k]comes your fruit.
9 (V)Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the (W)ways of the Lord are right,
And the (X)righteous will walk in them,
But (Y)wrongdoers will stumble in them.
Footnotes
- Hosea 14:1 Ch 14:2 in Heb
- Hosea 14:1 Or in
- Hosea 14:2 Or accept that which is good
- Hosea 14:2 As in ancient versions; MT our lips as bulls
- Hosea 14:3 Or fatherless
- Hosea 14:5 Lit strike his roots
- Hosea 14:6 Lit go
- Hosea 14:6 Lit splendor
- Hosea 14:7 Or return, they will raise grain
- Hosea 14:8 Lit him
- Hosea 14:8 Lit is found
Cross references
- Hosea 14:1 : Hos 6:1; 10:12; 12:6; Joel 2:13
- Hosea 14:1 : Hos 4:8; 5:5; 9:7
- Hosea 14:2 : Mic 7:18, 19
- Hosea 14:2 : Ps 51:16, 17; Hos 6:6; Heb 13:15
- Hosea 14:3 : Ps 33:17; Is 31:1
- Hosea 14:3 : Hos 8:6; 13:2
- Hosea 14:3 : Hos 4:12
- Hosea 14:3 : Ps 10:14; 68:5
- Hosea 14:4 : Is 57:18; Hos 6:1
- Hosea 14:4 : Zeph 3:17
- Hosea 14:4 : Is 12:1
- Hosea 14:5 : Prov 19:12; Is 26:19
- Hosea 14:5 : Song 2:1; Matt 6:28
- Hosea 14:5 : Is 35:2
- Hosea 14:6 : Jer 11:16
- Hosea 14:6 : Song 4:11
- Hosea 14:7 : Ezek 17:23
- Hosea 14:7 : Hos 2:21, 22
- Hosea 14:8 : Job 34:32; Hos 14:3
- Hosea 14:8 : Is 41:19
- Hosea 14:8 : Ezek 17:23
- Hosea 14:9 : Ps 107:43; Jer 9:12
- Hosea 14:9 : Ps 111:7, 8; Prov 10:29; Zeph 3:5
- Hosea 14:9 : Is 26:7
- Hosea 14:9 : Is 1:28