Hosea 14
1(p) O ISRAEL, return to the Lord thy God. Seeing they have been weakened for thine iniquities,
2take words with you and return to the Lord your God; and, that you may not receive the punishment of iniquity but may receive good things, say to Him: We will render to Thee the fruit of our lips.
3Assur cannot save us. We will no more mount horses; we will no more say to the works of our hand, You are our gods. He who is in thee will compassionate the fatherless.
4(J) I will heal their habitations. I will undoubtedly love them. Because he hath turned away My wrath from him,
5I will be to Israel like dew. He shall bloom like a lily, and shoot out his roots like Lebanon.
6His branches shall spread; and he shall be like a fruitful olive tree, and like that of Lebanon shall be his fragrance.
7They shall return and dwell under his shade; they shall live and be plentifully fed with corn. And he shall flourish like a vine and the memorial of him shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
8As for Ephraim, what hath he any more to do with idols? I humbled him and I will strengthen him. I am like a fruitful juniper; from Me thou shalt find fruit.
9(p) Who is wise that he may understand these things; prudent, that he may know them? Because the ways of the Lord are straight; therefore the righteous will walk in them. But in them the wicked shall be without strength.