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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.
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.
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 cannot save us,
nor can our warhorses.
Never again will we say to the idols we have made,
‘You are our gods.’
No, in you alone
do the orphans find mercy.”
nor can our warhorses.
Never again will we say to the idols we have made,
‘You are our gods.’
No, in you alone
do the orphans find 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.
The LORD says,
“Then I will heal you of your faithlessness;
my love will know no bounds,
for my anger will be gone forever.
“Then I will heal you of your faithlessness;
my love will know no bounds,
for my anger will be gone forever.
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
I will be to Israel
like a refreshing dew from heaven.
Israel will blossom like the lily;
it will send roots deep into the soil
like the cedars in Lebanon.
like a refreshing dew from heaven.
Israel will blossom like the lily;
it will send roots deep into the soil
like the cedars in Lebanon.
His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Its branches will spread out like beautiful olive trees,
as fragrant as the cedars of Lebanon.
as fragrant as 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.
My people will again live under my shade.
They will flourish like grain and blossom like grapevines.
They will be as fragrant as the wines of Lebanon.
They will flourish like grain and blossom like grapevines.
They will be as fragrant as the wines 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.
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.
Let those who are wise understand these things.
Let those with discernment listen carefully.
The paths of the LORD are true and right,
and righteous people live by walking in them.
But in those paths sinners stumble and fall.
Let those with discernment listen carefully.
The paths of the LORD are true and right,
and righteous people live by walking in them.
But in those paths sinners stumble and fall.