Hosea 14
1Israel, return to 2 for you have fallen because of your sin. 1
2Take 2 Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, 2 and accept that which is good; 2 so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips. 1
3Assyria can 2 We won’t ride on horses; 2 neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘ Our gods!’ 2 for in you the fatherless finds mercy.” 1
4“ I 2 I will love them freely; 2 for my anger is turned away from them. 1
5I 2 He will blossom like the lily, 2 and send down his roots like Lebanon. 1
6His 2 and his beauty will be like the olive tree, 2 and his fragrance like Lebanon. 1
7Men will 2 They will revive like the grain, 2 and blossom like the vine. 2 Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon. 1
8Ephraim, what have 2 I answer, and will take care of him. 2 I am like a green cypress tree; 2 from me your fruit is found.” 1
9Who 2 Who is prudent, that he may know them? 2 For the ways of the LORD are right, 2 and the righteous walk in them, 2 but the rebellious stumble in them.