KJV Hosea Chapter 14
1 O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 2 Take 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. 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 findeth mercy. 4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive |as| the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof |shall be| as the wine of Lebanon. 8 Ephraim |shall say|, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard |him|, and observed him: I |am| like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. 9 Who |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 therein.