Hosea 14
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. 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 (4QXII; 75–50 BCE) with extant verses 1–5 (verse 1–6 in Masoretic text); and 4Q82 (4QXII; 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; formula_1; 4th century), Codex  Alexandrinus (A; formula_1; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; formula_1; 6th century). Verse 9. This epilogue sums up the whole previous teaching. Only here Hosea uses the term "righteous," a rare character in his day.