Take words of repentance with you(A)
and return to the Lord.
Say to him, “Forgive all our iniquity
and accept what is good,
so that we may repay you
with praise[a] from our[b] lips.(B)
Assyria will not save us,(C)
we will not ride on horses,(D)
and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods!’ (E)
to the work of our hands.(F)
For the fatherless receives compassion in you.”(G)

A Promise of Restoration

I will heal their apostasy;(H)
I will freely love them,(I)
for my anger will have turned from him.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. 14:2 LXX reads with the fruit
  2. 14:2 Lit repay the bulls of our

Take words with you
    and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
    “Forgive(A) all our sins
and receive us graciously,(B)
    that we may offer the fruit of our lips.[a](C)
Assyria cannot save us;(D)
    we will not mount warhorses.(E)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’(F)
    to what our own hands have made,(G)
    for in you the fatherless(H) find compassion.”

“I will heal(I) their waywardness(J)
    and love them freely,(K)
    for my anger has turned away(L) from them.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:2 Or offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls