O Israel,
return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast
fallen by thine iniquity.
02 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.
03 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.
04 I will heal their backsliding, I will love
them freely: for mine anger is turned away from
him.
05 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall
grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as
Lebanon.
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06 His branches shall spread, and his beauty
shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as
Lebanon.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
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