Hosea

¹ Return, O Israel, to Yahweh your God, For you have stumbled in your iniquity.

² Say to Him, “Forgive all iniquity And take what is good, That we may pay in full the fruit of our lips.

³ We will not ride on horses, Nor will we say again, ‘Our god,’ To the work of our hands; For in You the orphan finds compassion.”

⁴ I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from them.

⁵ He will flourish like the lily, And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

⁶ And his splendor will be like the olive tree And his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.

⁷ Will again raise grain, And they will flourish like the vine. His name of remembrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.

⁸ It is I who answer and look after you. I am like a luxuriant cypress; From Me comes your fruit.

⁹ Whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of Yahweh are right, And the righteous will walk in them, But transgressors will stumble in them.