14:1 O Israel, return to the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thy iniquity. 
14:1 O Israel, return to the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thy iniquity. 

14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive {us} graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. 
14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive {us} graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. 

14:3 Ashur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, {Ye are} our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. 
14:3 Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, {Ye are} our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. 

14:4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for my anger is turned away from him. 
14:4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for my anger is turned away from him. 

14:5 I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 
14:5 I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 

14:6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 
14:6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon. 

14:7 They that dwell under his shade shall return; they shall revive {as} the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent of it {shall be} as the wine of Lebanon. 
14:7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive {as} the grain, and grow as the vine: the scent of it {shall be} as the wine of Lebanon. 

14:8 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. 
14:8 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. 

14:9 Who {is} wise, and he shall understand these {things}? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD {are} right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall in them. 
14:9 Who {is} wise, and he shall understand these {things}? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD {are} right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall in them.