Orthodox Jewish Bible

Hoshea 14:3-9 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

3. [4] Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon susim; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are Eloheinu; for in Thee the yatom (orphan) findeth compassion.

4. [5] I will heal their meshuvah (backsliding); I will love them freely; for Mine anger is turned away from him.

5. [6] I will be as the tal (dew) unto Yisroel: he shall blossom as the lily, and strike root as Levanon.

6. [7] His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the zayit (olive tree), and his hod (splendor) as Levanon.

7. [8] They that dwell under his tzel (shade) shall return; they shall revive as the dagan, and grow as the gefen; the remembrance thereof shall be as the yayin of Levanon.

8. [9] Ephrayim shall say, What have I to do any more with atzabim? It is I who answer and look after him; I am like an evergreen cypress. From Me is thy p'ri found.

9. [10] Who is chacham, and he shall have binah of these things? Prudent, and he shall know them? For the Darkhei Hashem are right, and the tzaddikim shall walk in them; but the poshe'im (transgressors) shall fall therein.