Hosea 14:4-9

Hosea 14:4-9

[4] I will heal  their backsliding,  I will love  them freely:  for mine anger  is turned away  [5] I will be as the dew  unto Israel:  he shall grow  as the lily,  and cast forth  his roots  as Lebanon.  [6] His branches  and his beauty  shall be as the olive tree,  and his smell  as Lebanon.  [7] 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.  [8] 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.  [9] Who is wise,  and he shall understand  and he shall know  them? for the ways  are right,  and the just  in them: but the transgressors  shall fall  therein.