Hosea 14 is the fourteenth chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This chapter contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea son of Beeri as an exhortation to repentance (Hosea 14:1-3) and a promise of God's blessing (Hosea 14:4-9). It is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets. Text The original text was written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 9 verses in Christian Bibles, but 10 verses in the Hebrew Bible with the following verse numbering comparison: This article generally follows the common numbering in Christian English Bible versions, with notes to the numbering in Hebrew Bible versions. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008). Fragments containing parts of this chapter in Hebrew were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, including 4Q78 (4QXIIc; 75–50 BCE) with extant verses 1–5 (verse 1–6 in Masoretic text); and 4Q82 (4QXIIg; 25 BCE) with extant verses 8–9 (verses 9–10 in Masoretic text). There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century). Verse 1 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. "You have stumbled": from Hebrew ka-shalta, "fallen due to a false step". Verse 9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. This epilogue sums up the whole previous teaching. Only here Hosea uses the term "righteous," a rare character in his day. "The ways of the Lord": also called "the 'course' of His providence;" as it is written, "His ways are judgment" in and ; "God, His ways are perfect" in ; "the Lord is righteous in all His ways, and holy in all His works" in ; "Thy way is in the sea, and Thy paths in the great waters, and Thy footsteps are not known" in ;