O Israel, return
unto the LORD
thy God
; for thou hast fallen
by thine iniquity
.
Take with you words
, and turn
to the LORD
: say
unto him, Take away
all iniquity
, and receive
us graciously
: so will we render
the calves
of our lips
.
Asshur 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
.
I will heal their backsliding
, I will love
them freely
: for mine anger
is turned away
from him.
I will be as the dew unto Israel
: he shall grow
as the lily
, and cast forth
his roots
as Lebanon
.
His branches shall spread
, and his beauty
shall be as the olive tree
, and his smell
as Lebanon
.
They that dwell under his shadow
shall return
; they shall revive
as the corn
, and grow
as the vine
: the scent
thereof shall be as the wine
of Lebanon
.
Ephraim shall say , What have I to do any more with idols
? I have heard
him , and observed
him: I am like a green
fir tree
. From me is thy fruit
found
.
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.