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An Exhortation to Repentance
O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Israel’s Future Blessing
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God,
For you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God,
For you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah; say unto him, Forgive all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips.
Take words with you and return to the LORD.
Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity
And receive us graciously,
That we may present the fruit of our lips.
Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity
And receive us graciously,
That we may present the fruit of our lips.
Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Thou art] our God; because in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
“Assyria will not save us,
We will not ride on horses;
Nor will we say again, ‘Our god,’
To the work of our hands;
For in You the orphan finds mercy.”
We will not ride on horses;
Nor will we say again, ‘Our god,’
To the work of our hands;
For in You the orphan finds mercy.”
A Promise of God's Blessing
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
I will heal their apostasy,
I will love them freely,
For My anger has turned away from them.
I will love them freely,
For My anger has turned away from them.
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
I will be like the dew to Israel;
He will blossom like the lily,
And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
He will blossom like the lily,
And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
His shoots will sprout,
And his beauty will be like the olive tree
And his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.
And his beauty will be like the olive tree
And his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.
They shall return and sit under his shadow; they shall revive [as] corn, and blossom as the vine: the renown thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
Those who live in his shadow
Will again raise grain,
And they will blossom like the vine.
His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
Will again raise grain,
And they will blossom like the vine.
His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? (I answer [him], and I will observe him.) I am like a green fir-tree. -- From me is thy fruit found.
O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.
I am like a luxuriant cypress;
From Me comes your fruit.
It is I who answer and look after you.
I am like a luxuriant cypress;
From Me comes your fruit.
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? intelligent, and he shall know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the ways of the LORD are right,
And the righteous will walk in them,
But transgressors will stumble in them.
Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the ways of the LORD are right,
And the righteous will walk in them,
But transgressors will stumble in them.