“Assyria can’t save us.We won’t ride on horses;neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”
Hosea 14:3 (WEB)
Context Reading
1Israel, return to Yahweh your God;for you have fallen because of your sin. 2Take words with you, and return to Yahweh.Tell him, “Forgive all our sins,and accept that which is good;so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips. 3Assyria can’t save us.We won’t ride on horses;neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’for in you the fatherless finds mercy.” 4“I will heal their waywardness.I will love them freely;for my anger is turned away from them. 5I will be like the dew to Israel.He will blossom like the lily,and send down his roots like Lebanon.