Hosea 14
1 Samaria will be held guilty, because she rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their children will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
2 Return, Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your guilt.
3 Take words with you and return to the LORD; say to him: “Forgive all our guilt and receive what is good, and we will repay you with the calves of our lips.
4 Assyria will not save us; we will not ride horses, and we will no longer say, ‘Our God,’ to the work of our hands, because in you the orphan finds compassion.”
5 I will heal their rebellion; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned away from him.
6 I will be like dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and send down roots like Lebanon.
7 His shoots will spread; his splendor will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
8 Those who dwell in his shade will return; they will revive the grain and blossom like the vine. His fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.
9 Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? I have answered him and will watch over him. I am like a green cypress; your fruit comes from me.
10 Who is wise, to understand these things? Who is discerning, to know them? For the ways of the LORD are straight: the righteous walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
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