Jubilee2000 - Hosea - 14

14:1  O Israel, become converted unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

14:2  Take with you words, and be converted unto the LORD; say unto him, Take away all iniquity and receive [us] graciously, so will we render the calves of our lips.

14:3  Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses, neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods, for in thee the fatherless finds mercy.

14:4  I will heal their rebellion; I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.

14:5  I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall flourish as the lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

14:6  His branches shall spread, and his glory shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

14:7  Those that shall sit under his shadow shall return; they shall be given life [as the] wheat, and they shall flourish as the vine; the scent thereof [shall be] as the wine of Lebanon.

14:8  Ephraim [shall then say], What have I to do any more with idols? I will hear [him] and gaze upon him; I [will be unto him] like a green fir tree; of me shall thy fruit be found.

14:9  Who [is] wise that he might understand this? and prudent that he might know this? for the ways of the LORD [are] right, and the just shall walk in them; but the rebellious shall fall therein.: