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Hosea 14
New International Version

### Repentance to Bring Blessing

14 [a]Return,(A) Israel, to the Lord your God.
Your sins(B) have been your downfall!(C)
2 Take words with you
and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
“Forgive(D) all our sins
and receive us graciously,(E)
that we may offer the fruit of our lips.[b](F)
3 Assyria cannot save us;(G)
we will not mount warhorses.(H)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’(I)
to what our own hands have made,(J)
for in you the fatherless(K) find compassion.”

4 “I will heal(L) their waywardness(M)
and love them freely,(N)
for my anger has turned away(O) from them.
5 I will be like the dew(P) to Israel;
he will blossom like a lily.(Q)
Like a cedar of Lebanon(R)
he will send down his roots;(S)
6 his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,(T)
his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.(U)
7 People will dwell again in his shade;(V)
they will flourish like the grain,
they will blossom(W) like the vine—
Israel’s fame will be like the wine(X) of Lebanon.(Y)
8 Ephraim, what more have I[c] to do with idols?(Z)
I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;(AA)
your fruitfulness comes from me.”

9 Who is wise?(AB) Let them realize these things.
Who is discerning? Let them understand.(AC)
The ways of the Lord are right;(AD)
the righteous walk(AE) in them,
but the rebellious stumble in them.

#### Footnotes

1. Hosea 14:1 In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10.
2. Hosea 14:2 Or offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls
3. Hosea 14:8 Or Hebrew; Septuagint What more has Ephraim

#### Cross references

1. Hosea 14:1 : S Isa 19:22; S Jer 3:12
2. Hosea 14:1 : S Hos 4:8
3. Hosea 14:1 : S Hos 5:5; S 9:7
4. Hosea 14:2 : S Ex 34:9
5. Hosea 14:2 : Ps 51:16-17; Mic 7:18-19
6. Hosea 14:2 : Heb 13:15
7. Hosea 14:3 : S Hos 5:13
8. Hosea 14:3 : Ps 33:17; S Isa 31:1; Mic 5:10
9. Hosea 14:3 : Hos 8:6
10. Hosea 14:3 : ver 8; Hos 13:2
11. Hosea 14:3 : Ps 10:14; 68:5; Jer 49:11
12. Hosea 14:4 : S Isa 30:26; S Hos 6:1
13. Hosea 14:4 : S Jer 2:19
14. Hosea 14:4 : S Isa 55:1; Jer 31:20; Zep 3:17
15. Hosea 14:4 : S Job 13:16
16. Hosea 14:5 : S Ge 27:28; S Isa 18:4
17. Hosea 14:5 : S SS 2:1
18. Hosea 14:5 : Isa 35:2
19. Hosea 14:5 : Job 29:19
20. Hosea 14:6 : Ps 52:8; S Jer 11:16
21. Hosea 14:6 : S Ps 92:12; S SS 4:11
22. Hosea 14:7 : Ps 91:1-4
23. Hosea 14:7 : S Ge 40:10
24. Hosea 14:7 : S Hos 2:22
25. Hosea 14:7 : S Eze 17:23
26. Hosea 14:8 : S ver 3
27. Hosea 14:8 : S Isa 37:24
28. Hosea 14:9 : S Ps 107:43
29. Hosea 14:9 : S Pr 10:29; S Isa 1:28; Da 12:10
30. Hosea 14:9 : Ps 111:7-8; Zep 3:5; Ac 13:10
31. Hosea 14:9 : Isa 26:7

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