Hosea 14
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | JPS1917 |
|---|---|
| 1 | Samaria shall bear her guilt, 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. |
| 2 | Return, O Israel, unto the LORD thy God; For thou hast stumbled in thine iniquity. |
| 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. |
| 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.’ |
| 5 | I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; For Mine anger is turned away from him. |
| 6 | I will be as the dew unto Israel; He shall blossom as the lily, And cast forth his roots as Lebanon. |
| 7 | His branches shall spread, And his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, And his fragrance as Lebanon. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |