Hosea 14
Webster's Bible (1833)
1Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
2O Israel, return to the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thy iniquity.
3Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
4Ashur 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.
5I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for my anger is turned away from him.
6I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
7His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
8They that dwell under his shade shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent of it shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
9Ephraim 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.
10Who 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.