Hosea 14 (NET)

Hosea 14:1¹Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sin has been your downfall!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 14:2²Return to the Lord and repent! Say to him: “Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 14:3³Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride warhorses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods,’ to what our own hands have made. For only you will show compassion to Orphan Israel!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 14:4⁴“I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger will turn away from them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 14:5⁵I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 14:6⁶His young shoots will grow; his splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 14:7⁷People will reside again in his shade; they will plant and harvest grain in abundance. They will blossom like a vine, and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 14:8⁸O Ephraim, I do not want to have anything to do with idols anymore! I will answer him and care for him. I am like a luxuriant cypress tree; your fruitfulness comes from me!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 14:9⁹Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the Lord are right; the godly walk in them, but in them the rebellious stumble.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s