Hosea 14:3-5

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³ Assyria shall not save us,
    we will not ride upon horses;
and we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
    to the work of our hands.
In thee the orphan finds mercy.”

⁴ I will heal their faithlessness;
    I will love them freely,
    for my anger has turned from them.
⁵ I will be as the dew to Israel;
    he shall blossom as the lily,
    he shall strike root as the poplar;^[a]