Hosea 14:6-8

Easy-to-Read Version

⁶ His branches will grow,
    and he will be like a beautiful olive tree.
He will be like the sweet smell
    from the cedar trees of Lebanon.
⁷ The people of Israel will again live under my protection.
    They will grow like grain.
They will bloom like a vine.
    They will be like the wine of Lebanon.

⁸ “Ephraim, I will have nothing more to do with idols.
    I am the one who answers your prayers and watches over you.^[a]
I am like a fir tree that is always green.
    Your fruit comes from me.”