{"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/erv/hosea/14","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T22:04:44.357Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Take with you words, and return unto the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render as bullocks the offering of our lips."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for 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 branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and blossom as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard 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? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 14 (ERV)","markdown":"[Hosea 14](https://primebible.com/erv/hosea/14)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/hosea/14 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}