Hosea 14
New King James Version

Israel Restored at Last

14 O Israel,^(A)return to theLordyour God,
For you have stumbled because of your iniquity;
²Take words with you,
And return to theLord.
Say to Him,
“Take away all iniquity;
Receiveusgraciously,
For we will offer the^(B)sacrifices^[a]of our lips.
³Assyria shall^(C)not save us,
^(D)We will not ride on horses,
Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You areour gods.’
^(E)For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”

⁴“I will heal their^(F)backsliding,
I will^(G)love them freely,
For My anger has turned away from him.
⁵I will be like the^(H)dew to Israel;
He shall^[b]grow like the lily,
And^[c]lengthen his roots like Lebanon.
⁶His branches shall^[d]spread;
^(I)His beauty shall be like an olive tree,
And^(J)his fragrance like Lebanon.
⁷^(K)Those who dwell under his shadow shall return;
They shall be revivedlikegrain,
And^[e]grow like a vine.
Their^[f]scentshall belike the wine of Lebanon.

⁸“Ephraimshall say,‘What have I to do anymore with idols?’
I have heard and observed him.
Iamlike a green cypress tree;
^(L)Your fruit is found in Me.”

⁹Whoiswise?
Let him understand these things.
Who isprudent?
Let him know them.
For^(M)the ways of theLordareright;
The righteous walk in them,
But transgressors stumble in them.