| 1 O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by
thine iniquity. 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. 3 Assyria shall not
save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the
work of our hands, Ye are our gods; for in thee the fatherless
findeth mercy. 4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely;
for mine anger is turned away from him. 5 I will be as the dew unto
Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree,
and his smell as Lebanon. 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return;
they shall revive as the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent
thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. 8 Ephraim shall say, What
have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am
like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found. 9 Who is wise, that he
may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of
Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall
fall therein.
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