1 (14-2) Return, O Israel, unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast stumbled in thine iniquity. 2 (14-3) Take with you words, and return unto the LORD; say unto Him: 'Forgive all iniquity, and accept that which is good; so will we render for bullocks the offering of our lips. 3 (14-4) Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we call any more the work of our hands our gods; for in Thee the fatherless findeth mercy.' 4 (14-5) I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for Mine anger is turned away from him. 5 (14-6) I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 (14-7) His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his fragrance as Lebanon. 7 (14-8) They that dwell under his shadow shall again make corn to grow, and shall blossom as the vine; the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. 8 (14-9) Ephraim shall say: 'What have I to do any more with idols?' As for Me, I respond and look on him; I am like a leafy cypress-tree; from Me is thy fruit found. 9 (14-10) Whoso is wise, let him understand these things, whoso is prudent, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the just do walk in them; but transgressors do stumble therein.
Hosea 14 JPS Tanakh (1917)
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- Numbers like (22-2) in the text give the Hebrew verse numbering where it differs.
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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