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class="outlineItem" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/14#h=304:0-318:0"><span class="altsize">4-9</span></a><span class="altsize">)</span></p></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-14-1" data-section-citation="028014001028014001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 14:1</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/14/293" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-294"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ch 30:6; Isa 55:6, 7; Ho 12:6; Joe 2:12, 13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-294" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-294" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p243" data-pid="243" class="se"></p> <p id="p244" data-pid="244" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/198/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> p. 145</a></p> <p id="p245" data-pid="245" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p89" data-pid="89" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/87/0">si 145;</a></p> <p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="sx"></p> <p id="p118" data-pid="118" class="sx"><span class="ni">w40 199-200</span></p> <p id="p119" data-pid="119" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-14-2" data-section-citation="028014002028014002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 14:2</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-96"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p414" data-pid="414">Lit., “offer in return the young bulls of our lips.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/14/294" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-295"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mic 7:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-295" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-295" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/14/295" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-296"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Heb 13:15</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-296" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-296" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p245" data-pid="245" class="se"></p> <p id="p246" data-pid="246" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/199/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 258</a></p> <div id="p247" data-pid="247"><p data-pid="247" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/200/0"><em>Life and Ministry Meeting Workbook,</em></a></p><p data-pid="247" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/200/0">10/2017, p. 6</a></p> </div><div id="p248" data-pid="248"><p data-pid="248" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/201/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="248" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/201/0">2/15/2011, p. 16</a></p><p data-pid="248" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/202/0">4/1/2007, p. 20</a></p><p data-pid="248" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/203/0">11/15/2005, pp. 30-31</a></p><p data-pid="248" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/204/0">9/15/1994, p. 10</a></p><p data-pid="248" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/205/0">12/15/1989, pp. 20-21</a></p> </div><p id="p249" data-pid="249" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/206/0"><em>Jehovah’s Day,</em> pp. 167-168,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/207/0"> 178</a></p> <p id="p250" data-pid="250" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/88/0">it-2 258;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/88/2"> mwb17.10 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/88/4"> w11 2/15 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/88/6"> w07 4/1 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/88/8"> jd 168,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/88/10"> 178;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/88/12"> w05 11/15 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/88/14"> w94 9/15 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/88/16"> w89 12/15 20-21;</a></p> <p id="p91" data-pid="91" class="sx"></p> <p id="p119" data-pid="119" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/117/0">w82 8/1 18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/117/2"> ad 1070;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/117/3"> w69 276;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/117/4"> w57 455;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/117/5"> w56 626;</a><span class="ni"> w42 238;</span><span class="ni"> w40 199-201</span></p> <p id="p120" data-pid="120" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-14-3" data-section-citation="028014003028014003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 14:3</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/14/296" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-297"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ho 5:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-297" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-297" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/14/297" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-298"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 31:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-298" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-298" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/14/298" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-299"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 10:17, 18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-299" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-299" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-14-4" data-section-citation="028014004028014004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 14:4</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/14/299" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-300"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 103:3; Isa 57:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div 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class="scalableui">Hosea 14:5</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p250" data-pid="250" class="se"></p> <p id="p251" data-pid="251" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/208/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 255</a></p> <p id="p252" data-pid="252" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p91" data-pid="91" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/89/0">it-2 255;</a></p> <p id="p92" data-pid="92" class="sx"></p> <p id="p121" data-pid="121" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/119/0">w62 41,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/119/1"> 606;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/119/2"> w54 574</a></p> <p id="p122" data-pid="122" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-14-7" data-section-citation="028014007028014007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 14:7</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-97"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p415" data-pid="415">Lit., “memorial.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul 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includeSecondaryNav" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr" role="article"> <div class="scalableui"> <header> <h1>Hosea</h1> </header> <div id="p300" data-pid="300"><p data-pid="300" class="sl"><span id="v28-14-1-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22399" class="cl vx vp"><strong>14</strong> </a>“Come back, O Israel, to Jehovah your God,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/293" data-bid="294-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="300" class="sz"><span id="v28-14-1-2" class="v">For you have stumbled because of your error.</span></p> </div><div id="p301" data-pid="301"><p data-pid="301" class="sl"><span id="v28-14-2-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22400" class="vl vx vp">2 </a>Come back to Jehovah with these words,</span></p><p data-pid="301" class="sz"><span id="v28-14-2-2" class="v">Say to him, ‘May you pardon our error<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/294" data-bid="295-1" class="b">+</a> and accept what is good,</span></p><p data-pid="301" class="sz"><span id="v28-14-2-3" class="v">And we will offer the praise of our lips<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/295" data-bid="296-1" class="b">+</a> as we would young bulls.<a id="footnotesource96" data-fnid="96" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070132/95">*</a></span></p> </div><p id="p302" data-pid="302" class="sl"><span id="v28-14-3-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22401" class="vl vp">3 </a>As·syrʹi·a will not save us.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/296" data-bid="297-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <div id="p303" data-pid="303"><p data-pid="303" class="sz"><span id="v28-14-3-2" class="v">We will not ride on horses,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/297" data-bid="298-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="303" class="sz"><span id="v28-14-3-3" class="v">And we will no longer say, “O our God!” to the work of our hands,</span></p><p data-pid="303" class="sz"><span id="v28-14-3-4" class="v">For it is by you that the fatherless child is shown mercy.’<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/298" data-bid="299-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><p id="p304" data-pid="304" class="sl"><span id="v28-14-4-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22402" class="vl vx vp">4 </a>I will heal their unfaithfulness.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/299" data-bid="300-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <div id="p305" data-pid="305"><p data-pid="305" class="sz"><span id="v28-14-4-2" class="v">I will love them of my own free will,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/300" data-bid="301-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="305" class="sz"><span id="v28-14-4-3" class="v">Because my anger has turned away from him.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/301" data-bid="302-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p306" data-pid="306"><p data-pid="306" class="sl"><span id="v28-14-5-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22403" class="vl vx vp">5 </a>I will become like the dew to Israel;</span></p><p data-pid="306" class="sz"><span id="v28-14-5-2" class="v">He will blossom like the lily</span></p><p data-pid="306" class="sz"><span id="v28-14-5-3" class="v">And will send down his roots like the trees of Lebʹa·non.</span></p> </div><div id="p307" data-pid="307"><p data-pid="307" class="sl"><span id="v28-14-6-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22404" class="vl vp">6 </a>His twigs will spread,</span></p><p data-pid="307" class="sz"><span id="v28-14-6-2" class="v">His splendor will be like that of the olive tree,</span></p><p data-pid="307" class="sz"><span id="v28-14-6-3" class="v">And his fragrance like that of Lebʹa·non.</span></p> </div><p id="p308" data-pid="308" class="sl"><span id="v28-14-7-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22405" class="vl vp">7 </a>They will again dwell in his shadow.</span></p> <p id="p309" data-pid="309" class="sz"><span id="v28-14-7-2" class="v">They will grow grain and will bud like the vine.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/302" data-bid="303-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p310" data-pid="310" class="sz"><span id="v28-14-7-3" class="v">His fame<a id="footnotesource97" data-fnid="97" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070132/96">*</a> will be like the wine of Lebʹa·non.</span></p> <p id="p311" data-pid="311" class="sl"><span id="v28-14-8-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22406" class="vl vx vp">8 </a>Eʹphra·im will say, ‘What more do I have to do with idols?’<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/303" data-bid="304-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p312" data-pid="312" class="sz"><span id="v28-14-8-2" class="v">I will answer and watch over him.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/304" data-bid="305-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p313" data-pid="313" class="sz"><span id="v28-14-8-3" class="v">I will be like a thriving juniper tree.</span></p> <p id="p314" data-pid="314" class="sz"><span id="v28-14-8-4" class="v">From me your fruit 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Let him understand these things.</span></p> <p id="p316" data-pid="316" class="sz"><span id="v28-14-9-2" class="v">Who is discreet? 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