English Bible Presentation Sharing - Hosea Book, chapter 14, verse 20 in Hcsb Version

Hosea 14 : 1 (HCSB)

Israel, return to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled in your sin.

Hosea 14 : 2 (HCSB)

Take words *of repentance with you 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 from our lips.

Hosea 14 : 3 (HCSB)

Assyria will not save us, we will not ride on horses, and we will no longer proclaim: Our gods! to the work of our hands. For the fatherless receives compassion in You."

Hosea 14 : 4 (HCSB)

I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger will have turned from him.

Hosea 14 : 5 (HCSB)

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like *the cedars of Lebanon.

Hosea 14 : 6 (HCSB)

His new branches will spread, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance, like *the forest of Lebanon.

Hosea 14 : 7 (HCSB)

The people will return and live beneath his shade. They will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

Hosea 14 : 8 (HCSB)

Ephraim, why should I have anything more to do with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing pine tree; your fruit comes from Me.

Hosea 14 : 9 (HCSB)

Let whoever is wise understand these things, and whoever is insightful recognize them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.