“Assyria will not save us,
We will (A)not ride on horses;
Nor will we say again, ‘(B)Our god,’
To the (C)work of our hands;
For in (D)You the [a]orphan finds mercy.”

I will (E)heal their apostasy,
I will (F)love them freely,
For My anger has (G)turned away from them.
I will be like the (H)dew to Israel;
He will blossom like the (I)lily,
And he will [b]take root like the cedars of (J)Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:3 Or fatherless
  2. Hosea 14:5 Lit strike his roots

Assyria cannot save us;(A)
    we will not mount warhorses.(B)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’(C)
    to what our own hands have made,(D)
    for in you the fatherless(E) find compassion.”

“I will heal(F) their waywardness(G)
    and love them freely,(H)
    for my anger has turned away(I) from them.
I will be like the dew(J) to Israel;
    he will blossom like a lily.(K)
Like a cedar of Lebanon(L)
    he will send down his roots;(M)

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