Hos 14:6-10

6I will be like the dew for Israel:^f

he will blossom like the lily;

He will strike root like the Lebanon cedar,

7and his shoots will go forth.^g

His splendor will be like the olive tree

and his fragrance like Lebanon cedar.^h

8Again they will live in his shade;

they will raise grain,

They will blossom like the vine,

and his renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

9Ephraim! What more have I to do with idols?ⁱ

I have humbled him, but I will take note of him.

I am like a verdant cypress tree.^*

From me fruit will be found for you!

10^* Who is wise enough to understand these things?^j

Who is intelligent enough to know them?

Straight are the paths of the LORD,^k

the just walk in them,^l

but sinners stumble in them.