1 Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. 2 Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips. 3 Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.” 4 I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them. 5 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. 6 His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. 7 They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon. 8 O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me. 9 Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
Hosea 14 Berean Standard Bible
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Cross references (9)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hosea 6:1; Joel 2:12–13; Hosea 12:6; 2 Chronicles 30:6–9; Zechariah 1:3–4
- 2 Hebrews 13:15; Psalm 51:2–10; Job 34:31–32; Micah 7:18–19; Job 7:21
- 3 Psalm 10:14; Psalm 68:5; Isaiah 31:1; John 14:18; Hosea 2:17
- 4 Isaiah 57:18; Jeremiah 3:22; Isaiah 12:1; Ephesians 2:4–9; Zephaniah 3:17
- 5 Isaiah 35:2; Isaiah 27:6; Ephesians 3:17; Matthew 6:28; Job 29:19
- 6 Psalm 52:8; Psalm 128:3; Romans 11:16–24; Philippians 4:18; 2 Corinthians 2:14–15
- 7 Psalm 91:1; John 11:25; 1 Corinthians 15:36–38; Isaiah 32:1–2; Ezekiel 17:23
- 8 Job 34:32; James 1:17; Isaiah 55:13; Luke 15:20; 1 Peter 4:3–4
- 9 Proverbs 10:29; Psalm 107:43; John 8:47; Daniel 12:10; Proverbs 1:5–6
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