{"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/web/hosea/14","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:20:40.454Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":14,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":13,"nextChapter":null,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":9},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, |Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good: so we offer our lips like bulls."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Assyria can't save us. We won't ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, 'Our gods!' for in you the fatherless finds mercy.|"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"|I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green fir tree; from me your fruit is found.|"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 14 (WEB)","markdown":"[Hosea 14](https://primebible.com/web/hosea/14)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/hosea/14 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}