[1]O IsraelH3478,returnH7725[H8798]unto the LORDH3068thy GodH430; for thou hast fallenH3782[H8804]by thine iniquityH5771.[2]TakeH3947[H8798]with you wordsH1697, and turnH7725[H8798]to the LORDH3068: sayH559[H8798]unto him, Take awayH5375[H8799]all iniquityH5771, and receiveH3947[H8798]us graciouslyH2896: so will we renderH7999[H8762]the calvesH6499of our lipsH8193.[3]AsshurH804shall not saveH3467[H8686]us; we will not rideH7392[H8799]upon horsesH5483: neither will we sayH559[H8799]any more to the workH4639of our handsH3027, Ye are our godsH430: for in thee the fatherlessH3490findeth mercyH7355.[H8792][4]I will healH7495[H8799]their backslidingH4878, I will loveH157[H8799]them freelyH5071: for mine angerH639is turned awayH7725from himH8804.[5]I will be as the dewH2919unto IsraelH3478: he shall growH6524[H8799]as the lilyH7799, and cast forthH5221[H8686]his rootsH8328as LebanonH3844.[6]His branchesH3127shall spreadH3212[H8799], and his beautyH1935shall be as the olive treeH2132, and his smellH7381as LebanonH3844.[7]They that dwellH3427[H8802]under his shadowH6738shall returnH7725[H8799]; they shall reviveH2421[H8762]as the cornH1715, and growH6524[H8799]as the vineH1612: the scentH2143thereof shall be as the wineH3196of LebanonH3844.[8]EphraimH669shall say, What have I to do any more with idolsH6091? I have heardH6030[H8804]him, and observedH7789[H8799]him: I am like a greenH7488fir treeH1265. From me is thy fruitH6529foundH4672.[H8738][9]Who is wiseH2450,and he shall understandH995[H8799]these things? prudentH995[H8737], and he shall knowH3045[H8799]them? for the waysH1870of the LORDH3068are rightH3477, and the justH6662shall walkH3212[H8799]in them: but the transgressorsH6586[H8802]shall fallH3782thereinH8735.