# Hosea 14 ## Hosea 14:1 - [KJV] O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. - [ASV] O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. - [YLT] Turn back, O Israel, unto Jehovah thy God, For thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity. ### Notes on Hosea 14:1 - ## Hosea 14:2 - [KJV] Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive *us* graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. - [ASV] Take with you words, and return unto Jehovah: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render *as* bullocks *the offering of* our lips. - [YLT] Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah, Say ye unto Him: 'Take away all iniquity, and give good, And we do render the fruit of our lips. ### Notes on Hosea 14:2 - ## Hosea 14:3 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Assyria 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. - [YLT] Asshur doth not save us, on a horse we ride not, Nor do we say any more, Our God, to the work of our hands, For in Thee find mercy doth the fatherless.' ### Notes on Hosea 14:3 - ## Hosea 14:4 - [KJV] I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. - [ASV] I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him. - [YLT] I heal their backsliding, I love them freely, For turned back hath Mine anger from him. ### Notes on Hosea 14:4 - ## Hosea 14:5 - [KJV] I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. - [ASV] I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. - [YLT] I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon. ### Notes on Hosea 14:5 - ## Hosea 14:6 - [KJV] His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. - [ASV] His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. - [YLT] Go on do his sucklings, And his beauty is as an olive, And he hath fragrance as Lebanon. ### Notes on Hosea 14:6 - ## Hosea 14:7 - [KJV] They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive *as* the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof *shall be* as the wine of Lebanon. - [ASV] They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive *as* the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. - [YLT] Return do the dwellers under his shadow, They revive *as* corn, and flourish as a vine, His memorial *is* as wine of Lebanon. ### Notes on Hosea 14:7 - ## Hosea 14:8 - [KJV] Ephraim *shall say*, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard *him*, and observed him: I *am* like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] O Ephraim, what to Me any more with idols? I -- I afflicted, and I cause him to sing: 'I *am* as a green fir-tree,' From Me is thy fruit found. ### Notes on Hosea 14:8 - ## Hosea 14:9 - [KJV] 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 the transgressors shall fall therein. - [ASV] Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein. - [YLT] Who *is* wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein! ### Notes on Hosea 14:9 -