<< Hosea 14 >>
King James Bible: Purple Letter Edition | |
1O Israel, return unto the
LORD, thy
God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
2Take with you words, and turn to the
LORD; say unto
Him, Take away all iniquity, and receive
us graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips.
3Assyria {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 findeth mercy.
4I will heal their backsliding,
I will love them freely; for
Mine anger is turned away from him.
5I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall grow
like {as} the lily, and cast forth his roots
like {as} Lebanon.
6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be
like {as} the olive tree, and his
fragrance {smell}
like {as} Lebanon.
7They who dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive
like {as} the
grain, and grow
like {as} the vine; the scent
of it {thereof}
shall be like {as} the wine of Lebanon.
8Ephraim
shall say, What have I to do any more with idols?
I have heard
him (Ephraim
), and observed him
(Ephraim
);
I am like a green fir tree. From
Me is thy fruit found.
9Who
is wise, and he shall understand these
things? Prudent, and he shall know them? For the ways of the
LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors shall fall
in them {therein}.
