| 3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Hosea 14:3:1 ⧉אַשּׁוּרashurAssyria Hosea 14:3:2 ⧉לֹאlonot Hosea 14:3:3 ⧉יוֹשִׁיעֵ֗נוּyoshienuwill save us Hosea 14:3:4 ⧉עַל־סוּס֙alsuson a horse Hosea 14:3:5 ⧉לֹאlonot Hosea 14:3:6 ⧉נִרְכָּ֔בnirkavwe will ride Hosea 14:3:7 ⧉וְלֹא־נֹ֥אמַרvelonomarand we will not say Hosea 14:3:8 ⧉ע֛וֹדodagain Hosea 14:3:9 ⧉אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּelohenuour God Hosea 14:3:10 ⧉לְמַעֲשֵׂ֣הlemaaseto the work of Hosea 14:3:11 ⧉יָדֵ֑ינוּyadenuour hands Hosea 14:3:12 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־בְּךָ֖asherbekhafor in you Hosea 14:3:13 ⧉יְרֻחַ֥םyerukhamis shown mercy Hosea 14:3:14 ⧉יָתֽוֹם׃yatoman orphan |
| 3. Formal Translation Assyria will not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will no longer say, “Our gods,” to the work of our hands, for in You {Yahweh, Mercy Giver} the fatherless finds mercy. |
| 3. Dynamic Translation Assyria cannot rescue us; we will not rely on horses; we will never again call what our hands have made “our gods,” because in You {Yahweh, Orphan Protector} the orphan receives compassion. |