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class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Christian Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/csb/esv/hosea/14.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><section epub:type="chapter" id="csb-Hosea.14" /><t class="nextChapter" href="#csb-Hosea.13"><h3 class="head1">A Plea to Repent</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.14.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/14-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Israel, return to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> your God,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">for you have stumbled in your iniquity.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.1.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.14.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/14-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Take words of repentance with you<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and return to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.</p><p class="poem">Say to him, “Forgive all our iniquity</p><p class="poem">and accept what is good,</p><p class="poem">so that we may repay you</p><p class="poem">with praise<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Hosea.14.2.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> from our<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Hosea.14.2.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> lips.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.14.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/14-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Assyria will not save us,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">we will not ride on horses,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods! ’<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.3.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">to the work of our hands.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.3.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p><p class="poem">For the fatherless receives compassion in you.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.3.5"><span class="xrfAlphabet">e</span></a></p></blockquote><h3 class="head1">A Promise of Restoration</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.14.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/14-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I will heal their apostasy;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">I will freely love them,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">for my anger will have turned from him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.4.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.14.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I will be like the dew to Israel;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">he will blossom like the lily<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.5.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.14.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>His new branches will spread,</p><p class="poem">and his splendor will be like the olive tree,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">his fragrance, like the forest of Lebanon.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.14.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The people will return and live beneath his shade.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">They will grow grain<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and blossom like the vine.</p><p class="poem">His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.14.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Ephraim, why should I<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Hosea.14.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> have anything more</p><p class="poem">to do with idols?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">It is I who answer and watch over him.</p><p class="poem">I am like a flourishing pine tree;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">your fruit comes from me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.8.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.14.9" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Let whoever is wise<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> understand these things,</p><p class="poem">and whoever is insightful recognize them.</p><p class="poem">For the ways of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> are right,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.9.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and the righteous walk in them,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.9.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">but the rebellious stumble in them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.14.9.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Hosea.14" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Hosea.14.2.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.2">14:2</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">with the fruit</span></aside><aside id="fn.Hosea.14.2.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.2">14:2</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">repay the bulls of our</span></aside><aside id="fn.Hosea.14.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.8">14:8</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">he</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Hosea.14" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.1">14:1</a></span> Hs 6:1; 10:12; 12:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.1">14:1</a></span> Hs 4:8; 5:5; 9:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.2">14:2</a></span> Mc 7:18–19</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.2">14:2</a></span> Heb 13:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.3">14:3</a></span> Hs 5:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.3">14:3</a></span> Is 31:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.3.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.3">14:3</a></span> Hs 4:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.3.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.3">14:3</a></span> Hs 8:6; 13:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.3.5"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.3">14:3</a></span> Ps 68:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.4">14:4</a></span> Is 57:18; Hs 6:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.4">14:4</a></span> Zph 3:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.4.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.4">14:4</a></span> Is 12:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.5">14:5</a></span> Is 26:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.5">14:5</a></span> Sg 2:1; Mt 6:28</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.5.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.5">14:5</a></span> Is 35:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.6">14:6</a></span> Jr 11:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.6">14:6</a></span> Sg 4:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.7">14:7</a></span> Ezk 17:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.7">14:7</a></span> Hs 2:21–22</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.8">14:8</a></span> Jb 34:32</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.8">14:8</a></span> Is 41:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.8.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.8">14:8</a></span> Ezk 17:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.9">14:9</a></span> Ps 107:43; Jr 9:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.9.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.9">14:9</a></span> Ps 111:7–8; Zph 3:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.9.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.9">14:9</a></span> Is 26:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.14.9.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.14.9">14:9</a></span> Is 1:28</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Hosea.14" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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