Hosea 14:2-8

Take words with you and return to Yahweh.

Say to Him, “^aForgive all iniquity

And ¹take what is good,

That we may ^bpay in full ²the fruit of our lips.

Assyria will not save us;

We will ^anot ride on horses,

Nor will we say again, ‘^bOur god,’

To the ^cwork of our hands;

For in ^dYou the ¹orphan finds compassion.”

I will ^aheal their turning away from Me;

I will ^blove them freely,

For My anger has ^cturned away from them.

I will be like the ^adew to Israel;

He will flourish like the ^blily,

And he will ¹take root like the cedars of ^cLebanon.

His shoots will go forth,

And his splendor will be like the ^aolive tree

And his fragrance like the cedars of ^bLebanon.

Those who ^alive in his shadow

Will ¹again raise ^bgrain,

And they will flourish like the vine.

His name of remembrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.

O Ephraim, what more have I to do with ^aidols?

It is I who answer and look after ¹you.

I am like a luxuriant ^bcypress;

From ^cMe ²comes your fruit.

Numbers 23:19

^aGod is not a man, that He should lie,

Nor a son of man, that He should repent;

^bHas He said, and will He not do it?

Or has He spoken, and will He not establish it?

29 for the gifts and the ^acalling of God ^bare irrevocable.