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| [1]Samaria shall bear her guilt, for she hath rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. |
[1]O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. |
| [2]Return, O Israel, unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 thy God; for thou hast stumbled in thine iniquity. |
[2]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. |
| [3]Take with you words, and return unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; say unto Him: 'Forgive all iniquity, and accept that which is good; so will we render for bullocks the offering of our lips. |
[3]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. |
| [4]Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we call any more the work of our hands 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 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 grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. |
| [6]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]H branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his fragrance as Lebanon. |
[7]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. |
| [8]They that dwell under his shadow shall again make corn to grow, and shall 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 heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. |
| [9]Ephraim shall say: 'What have I to do any more with idols?' As for Me, I respond and look on him; I am like a leafy cypress-tree; from Me is thy fruit found. |
[9]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. |
| [10]Whoso is wise, let him understand these things, whoso is prudent, let him know them. For the ways of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 are right, and the just do walk in them; but transgressors do stumble therein. |
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