JPS - Hosea - 14

14:1  Samaria shall bear her guilt, for she hath rebelled against her G-d; they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

14:2  Return, O Israel, unto HaShem thy G-d; for thou hast stumbled in thine iniquity.

14:3  Take with you words, and return unto HaShem; say unto Him: 'Forgive all iniquity, and accept that which is good; so will we render for bullocks the offering of our lips.

14:4  Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we call any more the work of our hands our gods; for in Thee the fatherless findeth mercy.'

14:5  I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for Mine anger is turned away from him.

14:6  I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

14:7  His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his fragrance as Lebanon.

14:8  They that dwell under his shadow shall again make corn to grow, and shall blossom as the vine; the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

14:9  Ephraim shall say: 'What have I to do any more with idols?' As for Me, I respond and look on him; I am like a leafy cypress-tree; from Me is thy fruit found.

14:10  Whoso is wise, let him understand these things, whoso is prudent, let him know them. For the ways of HaShem are right, and the just do walk in them; but transgressors do stumble therein.