Hosea 14:4-8

The Voice

⁴ Eternal One: I’ll heal their apostate hearts so they won’t turn away from Me again;
        I’ll love them freely because I won’t be angry with them anymore.
⁵     I’ll be like dew that waters Israel. She’ll blossom like the lily.
        She’ll put down roots like the stable cedars of Lebanon;
⁶     She’ll send out shoots until her beauty is like the olive tree
        and her fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.
⁷     The people will return from exile and sit in My shade once again;
        they’ll flourish like grain; they’ll send out shoots like the vine.
    And their fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.

⁸     Ephraim, what do I have in common with deaf and blind idols?
        I’m the One who responds to your pleas and cares for you.
    I’m like a flourishing juniper tree; I provide life year-round.