{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/hosea/14","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T07:15:25.449Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":14,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":13,"nextChapter":null,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":9},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah; say unto him, Forgive all iniquity, and receive us graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Thou art our God; because in thee the fatherless findeth mercy."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They shall return and sit under his shadow; they shall revive as corn, and blossom as the vine: the renown thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? (I answer him, and I will observe him.) I am like a green fir-tree. From me is thy fruit found."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Who is wise, and he shall understand these things?  intelligent, and he shall know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the  transgressors shall fall therein."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 14 (DBT)","markdown":"[Hosea 14](https://primebible.com/dbt/hosea/14)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/hosea/14 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}