Old Testament · Prophets
Hosea chapter 14
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, Israel, to Yahweh your God — because your are what brought you down.Bring with you and return to Yahweh. Say to him: “Take away all our failure, and receive what is good — we will offer the as our sacrifice.” will not rescue us. We won’t ride into battle on . We will never again call something our own hands built ‘our god.’ Because it’s in you that the finds compassion.I will their . I will love them — because my anger has turned away from them.I will be like to Israel — he will bloom like a and drive his roots down deep like the .His will spread out wide. His splendor will be like the , and his like the forests of Lebanon.Those who live in his will . They will flourish like grain and blossom like the vine — their reputation will be like the . will say, “What do I have to do with anymore?” I am the one who answers him and watches over him. I am like an — your fruit comes from me.Whoever is will understand these things. Whoever has insight will grasp them. The paths Yahweh lays out are — the walk them, but those who stumble on them.