Hosea 14

1Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.Cross-references: 1Sam 7:3 · 2Chr 30:6 · Isa 55:6 · Jer 2:19 · Jer 3:12 · Jer 4:1 · +9 more

2Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good; so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips.Cross-references: 2Sam 12:13 · 2Sam 24:10 · Job 7:21 · Job 34:31 · Ps 51:2 · Ps 69:30 · +23 more

3Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’ for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”Cross-references: Ex 22:22 · Deut 17:16 · 2Chr 16:7 · Ps 10:14 · Ps 20:7 · Ps 33:17 · +26 more

4“I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.Cross-references: Ex 15:26 · Num 25:4 · Num 25:11 · Deut 7:7 · Ps 78:38 · Isa 12:1 · +17 more

5I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.Cross-references: Deut 32:2 · 2Sam 23:4 · 2Ki 19:30 · Job 29:19 · Ps 72:6 · Ps 72:16 · +14 more

6His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.Cross-references: Gen 27:27 · Ps 52:8 · Ps 80:9 · Ps 128:3 · Song 4:11 · Jer 11:16 · +8 more

7Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.Cross-references: Ps 85:6 · Ps 91:1 · Ps 138:7 · Song 2:3 · Song 6:11 · Isa 32:1 · +9 more

8Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green cypress tree; from me your fruit is found.”Cross-references: Job 33:27 · Job 34:32 · Isa 41:19 · Isa 55:13 · Isa 60:13 · Jer 31:18 · +15 more

9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.Cross-references: Gen 18:25 · Deut 32:4 · Job 17:9 · Job 34:10 · Job 34:18 · Ps 19:7 · +32 more