1 Samar¡a sal daarvoor boet, omdat hy weerspannig was teen sy God; hulle sal val deur die swaard, hulle kinders sal verpletter en hulle swanger vroue oopgesny word.
2 Bekeer jou, Israel, tot die HERE jou God, want jy het gestruikel deur jou ongeregtigheid.
3 Neem woorde met julle, en bekeer julle tot die HERE; sê aan Hom: Vergeef alle ongeregtigheid, en neem aan wat goed is; dan sal ons as offerdiere ons lippe aanbied.
4 Assur kan ons nie red nie, op perde wil ons nie ry nie en tot die werk van ons hande nie meer sê: Onse God nie! Want by U vind die wees ontferming.
5 Ek sal hulle afkerigheid genees, hulle vrywillig liefhê, want my toorn is van hulle afgewend.
6 Ek sal vir Israel wees soos die dou, hy sal bloei soos 'n lelie en sy wortels uitslaan soos die L¡banon.
7 Sy lote sal uitsprei, en sy prag wees soos die van 'n olyfboom en sy geur soos die L¡banon.
8 Die wat onder sy skaduwee sit, sal weer koring laat groei; en hulle self sal bloei soos die wingerdstok; die roem daarvan sal wees soos die wyn van die L¡banon.
9 Efraim, wat het Ek nog met die afgode te doen? Ek het hom verhoor en hou my oog oor hom. Ek is soos 'n groen sipres; uit My word jou vrug gevind. [ (Hosea 14:10) Wie wys is, laat hom op hierdie dinge let! Wie verstandig is, laat hom dit erken! Want die weë van die HERE is reg; en die regverdiges sal daarop wandel, maar die oortreders daarop struikel! ]
1 \13:16\Samaria will be made waste, for she has gone against her God: they will be cut down by the sword, their little children will be broken on the rocks, their women who are with child will be cut open.
2 \14:1\O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.
3 \14:2\Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.
4 \14:3\Assyria will not be our salvation; we will not go on horses; we will not again say to the work of our hands, You are our gods; for in you there is mercy for the child who has no father.
5 \14:4\I will put right their errors; freely will my love be given to them, for my wrath is turned away from him.
6 \14:5\I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.
7 \14:6\His branches will be stretched out, he will be beautiful as the olive-tree and sweet-smelling as Lebanon.
8 \14:7\They will come back and have rest in his shade; their life will be made new like the grain, and they will put out flowers like the vine; his name will be like the wine of Lebanon.
9 \14:8\As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.
10 \14:9\He who is wise will see these things; he who has good sense will have knowledge of them. For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the upright will go in them, but sinners will be falling in them.