1 O|strong="H3068" Israel, return unto Jehovah|strong="H3068" thy|strong="H2719" God; for|strong="H3588" thou|strong="H3588" hast fallen|strong="H5307" by|strong="H5307" thine iniquity.
2 Take|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" words, and|strong="H3478" return|strong="H7725" unto|strong="H7725" Jehovah|strong="H3068": say|strong="H7725" unto|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725", Take|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" all|strong="H5704" iniquity|strong="H5771", and|strong="H3478" accept that|strong="H3588" which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" good: so|strong="H7725" will|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3068" render|strong="H7725" as bullocks the offering of our|strong="H3068" lips.
3 Assyria shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H7725" save us|strong="H7725"; we|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H7725" ride upon|strong="H5375" horses; neither|strong="H5973" will|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3068" say|strong="H7725" anymore to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" hands, Ye are our|strong="H3068" gods; for|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" thee|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" fatherless findeth mercy|strong="H3068".
4 I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" heal their|strong="H5921" backsliding, I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" love|strong="H7355" them|strong="H5921" freely; for|strong="H5921" mine|strong="H3027" anger is|strong="H3027" turned away|strong="H5750" from|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921".
5 I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7725" be|strong="H7725" as|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" dew unto|strong="H7725" Israel; he|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H4878" blossom as|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" lily, and|strong="H7725" cast forth his|strong="H7725" roots as|strong="H3588" Lebanon.
6 His|strong="H5221" branches shall|strong="H3478" spread, and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5221" beauty shall|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5221" olive tree, and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5221" smell as|strong="H1961" Lebanon|strong="H3844".
7 They that|strong="H1961" dwell under|strong="H3844" his|strong="H1961" shadow shall|strong="H2132" return; they shall|strong="H2132" revive as the|strong="H1961" grain, and|strong="H3212" blossom as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" vine: the|strong="H1961" scent|strong="H7381" thereof shall|strong="H2132" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" wine of|strong="H7381" Lebanon|strong="H3844".
8 Ephraim shall say, What have|strong="H1612" I|strong="H6738" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H1612" anymore with|strong="H3427" idols? I|strong="H6738" have|strong="H1612" answered|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" will|strong="H3844" regard him|strong="H7725": I|strong="H6738" am like|strong="H7725" a|strong="H3068" green fir tree|strong="H1612"; from|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" is|strong="H1715" thy|strong="H7725" fruit found.
9 Who|strong="H4672" is|strong="H4100" wise, that|strong="H4480" he|strong="H4480" may|strong="H4480" understand these things? prudent, that|strong="H4480" he|strong="H4480" may|strong="H4480" know them|strong="H4672"? for|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" ways of|strong="H4480" Jehovah|strong="H3068" are|strong="H4100" right, and|strong="H6030" the|strong="H4480" just shall|strong="H4100" walk in|strong="H4672" them|strong="H4672"; but|strong="H6030" transgressors shall|strong="H4100" fall|strong="H4672" therein.