The word to Israel to return to the LORD
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Hosea 14:1–9: the text says, “Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen because of your sin. Take words with you, and return to the LORD. Tell him, ‘Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good; so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips. Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, “Our gods!” for in you the fatherless finds mercy.’ ‘I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them. I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon. His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon. Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon. Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green cypress tree; from me your fruit is found.’ Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.” These verses carry no formula saying that the LORD speaks; WEB sets the words Israel is told to say (14:2–3), and 14:4–8, inside quotation marks of their own. The Korean Revised Version reads at 14:2 우리가 입술로 수송아지를 대신하여 주께 드리리이다, with the lips offered in place of bulls, where WEB reads “so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips”; at 14:5–6 reads 레바논 백향목, the cedar of Lebanon, where WEB reads “Lebanon”; and at 14:8 gives the question as Ephraim’s own words (에브라임의 말이 내가 다시 우상과 무슨 상관이 있으리요 할찌라), where WEB reads “Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols?” and does not say that Ephraim speaks.
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- HOS 14:1–9, engwebp
1Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.
2Take words with you, and return to the LORD. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good; so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips.
3Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’ for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”
4“I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.
5I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.
6His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
7Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.
8Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green cypress tree; from me your fruit is found.”
9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: The word to Israel to return to the LORD (event-hos-14-return-to-the-lord) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/hos-14-return-to-the-lord Current wording: Hosea 14:1–9: the text says, “Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen because of your sin. Take words with you, and return to the LORD. Tell him, ‘Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good; so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips. Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, “Our gods!” for in you the fatherless finds mercy.’ ‘I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them. I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon. His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon. Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon. Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green cypress tree; from me your fruit is found.’ Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.” These verses carry no formula saying that the LORD speaks; WEB sets the words Israel is told to say (14:2–3), and 14:4–8, inside quotation marks of their own. The Korean Revised Version reads at 14:2 우리가 입술로 수송아지를 대신하여 주께 드리리이다, with the lips offered in place of bulls, where WEB reads “so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips”; at 14:5–6 reads 레바논 백향목, the cedar of Lebanon, where WEB reads “Lebanon”; and at 14:8 gives the question as Ephraim’s own words (에브라임의 말이 내가 다시 우상과 무슨 상관이 있으리요 할찌라), where WEB reads “Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols?” and does not say that Ephraim speaks. Cited evidence: HOS 14:1–9, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.