Hosea chapter 14 Return, O Israel,
to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your
iniquity. Take with you words, and return
to the LORD. Say to him, Take away all iniquity,
except what is good, and we will pay with bowls the vows of our
lips. Assyria shall not save us, we
will not ride on horses, and we will say no more, Our God,
to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy. I will heal their apostasy, I
will love them freely, For my anger has turned from them. I will be like the dew to Israel,
He shall blossom like the lily, He shall take root like the trees
of Lebanon, His shoots shall spread out, His beauty shall
be like the olive, And His fragrance like Lebanon. They shall return
and dwell beneath my shadow. They shall flourish like the
grain. They shall blossom like the vine. Their fame shall be like the
wine of Lebanon. O Ephraim, 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." 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. you