1O Israel3478, return7725 unto the LORD3068 thy God430; for thou hast fallen3782 by thine iniquity5771.
2Take3947 with you words1697, and turn7725 to the LORD3068: say559 unto him, Take away5375 all iniquity5771, and receive3947 us graciously2896: so will we render7999 the calves6499 of our lips8193.
3Asshur804 shall not save3467 us; we will not ride7392 upon horses5483: neither will we say559 any more to the work4639 of our hands3027, Ye are our gods430: for in thee the fatherless3490 findeth mercy7355.
4I will heal7495 their backsliding4878, I will love157 them freely5071: for mine anger639 is turned away7725 from him.
5I will be as the dew2919 unto Israel3478: he shall grow6524 as the lily7799, and cast forth5221 his roots8328 as Lebanon3844.
6His branches3127 shall spread3212, and his beauty1935 shall be as the olive tree2132, and his smell7381 as Lebanon3844.
7They that dwell3427 under his shadow6738 shall return7725; they shall revive2421 as the corn1715, and grow6524 as the vine1612: the scent2143 thereof shall be as the wine3196 of Lebanon3844.
8Ephraim669 shall say, What have I to do any more with idols6091? I have heard6030 him, and observed7789 him: I am like a green7488 fir tree1265. From me is thy fruit6529 found4672.
9Who is wise2450, and he shall understand995 these things? prudent995, and he shall know3045 them? for the ways1870 of the LORD3068 are right3477, and the just6662 shall walk3212 in them: but the transgressors6586 shall fall3782 therein.