Hosea 6:1

Superficial Repentance Breeds False Assurance of God’s Forgiveness

6:1 “Come on! Let’s return to the Lord!

He himself has torn us to pieces,

but he will heal us!

He has injured ¹  us,

but he will bandage our wounds!

Hosea 14:5

14:5 I will be like the dew to Israel;

he will blossom like a lily,

he will send down his roots like a cedar of ²  Lebanon.

Hosea 9:16

9:16 Ephraim will be struck down ³  –

their root will be dried up;

they will not yield any fruit.

Even if they do bear children,

I will kill their precious offspring.

[6:1]  ¹ tn “has struck”; NRSV “struck down.”

[14:5]  ² tn Heb “like Lebanon” (so KJV; also in the following verse). The phrase “a cedar of” does not appear in the Hebrew text; it is supplied in translation for clarity. Cf. TEV “the trees of Lebanon”; NRSV “the forests of Lebanon.”

[9:16]  ³ tn Or perhaps, following the plant metaphor, “will be blighted” (NIV similar).