Hosea 14:1-3

Repentance to Bring Blessing 1In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10. Return, Israel, to the LORD your God. Your sins have been your downfall!

2Take words with you and return to the LORD . Say to him: “Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips. Or offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls

3Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount warhorses. We will never again say ‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion.”