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Hosea 14

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ Israel, return to Yahweh your God, ⓐ for you have stumbled in your sin. ⓑ

² Take words of repentance with you ⓒ and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Forgive all our sin and accept what is good, so that we may repay You with praise [1] from our [2] lips. ⓓ

³ Assyria will not save us, ⓔ we will not ride on horses, ⓕ and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods!’ ⓖ to the work of our hands. ⓗ For the fatherless receives compassion in You.” ⓘ

⁴ I will heal their apostasy; ⓙ I will freely love them, ⓚ for My anger will have turned from him. ⓛ

⁵ I will be like the dew to Israel; ⓜ he will blossom like the lily ⓝ and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. ⓞ

⁶ His new branches will spread, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, ⓟ his fragrance, like the forest of Lebanon. ⓠ

⁷ The people will return and live beneath his shade. ⓡ They will grow grain ⓢ and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

⁸ Ephraim, why should I [3] have anything more to do with idols? ⓣ It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing pine tree; ⓤ your fruit comes from Me. ⓥ

⁹ Let whoever is wise ⓦ understand these things, and whoever is insightful recognize them. For the ways of the LORD are right, ⓧ and the righteous walk in them, ⓨ but the rebellious stumble in them. ⓩ

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1	Israel, return to Yahweh your God, ⓐ for you have stumbled in your sin. ⓑ
2	Take words of repentance with you ⓒ and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Forgive all our sin and accept what is good, so that we may repay You with praise [1] from our [2] lips. ⓓ
3	Assyria will not save us, ⓔ we will not ride on horses, ⓕ and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods!’ ⓖ to the work of our hands. ⓗ For the fatherless receives compassion in You.” ⓘ
4	I will heal their apostasy; ⓙ I will freely love them, ⓚ for My anger will have turned from him. ⓛ
5	I will be like the dew to Israel; ⓜ he will blossom like the lily ⓝ and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. ⓞ
6	His new branches will spread, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, ⓟ his fragrance, like the forest of Lebanon. ⓠ
7	The people will return and live beneath his shade. ⓡ They will grow grain ⓢ and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
8	Ephraim, why should I [3] have anything more to do with idols? ⓣ It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing pine tree; ⓤ your fruit comes from Me. ⓥ
9	Let whoever is wise ⓦ understand these things, and whoever is insightful recognize them. For the ways of the LORD are right, ⓧ and the righteous walk in them, ⓨ but the rebellious stumble in them. ⓩ

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^{Hosea 14:1 [35]} In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10.

^{Hosea 14:2 [36]} Or offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls

^{Hosea 14:8 [37]} Or Hebrew; Septuagint What more has Ephraim

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