Charles Ellicott Commentary Hosea 14:2

"Take with you words, and return unto Jehovah: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render [as] bullocks [the offering of] our lips." — Hosea 14:2 (ASV)

Say to him.— This practice of putting words into the lips of penitents and others is found in Psalm 66:3, Isaiah 48:20, and Jeremiah 31:7. In the latter part of the verse, translate it as: Accept good, and we will offer our lips as calves (or sacrificial offering)—that is, the words of true repentance which we bring with us shall be our offerings instead of calves. .