18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him;
I will lead him and restore comfort
to him and his mourners,(A)

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15 I will depart and return to My place
until they recognize their guilt and seek My face;(A)
they will search for Me in their distress.(B)

A Call to Repentance

Come, let us return to the Lord.(C)
For He has torn us,(D)
and He will heal us;(E)
He has wounded us,
and He will bind up our wounds.(F)
He will revive us after two days,(G)
and on the third day He will raise us up
so we can live in His presence.(H)
Let us strive to know the Lord.(I)
His appearance is as sure as the dawn.(J)
He will come to us like the rain,(K)
like the spring showers that water the land.

A Plea to Repent

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

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Footnotes

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

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