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A Plea to Return to the Lord
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.
Repentance to Bring Blessing
Return, Israel, to the Lord your God.
Your sins have been your downfall!
Return, Israel, to the Lord your God.
Your sins have been your downfall!
Assyria shall not save us;
we will not ride on horses;
and we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
In you the orphan finds mercy.”
we will not ride on horses;
and we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
In you the orphan finds mercy.”
Assyria cannot save us;
we will not mount warhorses.
We will never again say ‘Our gods’
to what our own hands have made,
for in you the fatherless find compassion.”
we will not mount warhorses.
We will never again say ‘Our gods’
to what our own hands have made,
for in you the fatherless find compassion.”
I will heal their apostasy;
I will love them freely,
for my anger has turned from them.
I will love them freely,
for my anger has turned from them.
“I will heal their waywardness
and love them freely,
for my anger has turned away from them.
and love them freely,
for my anger has turned away from them.
I will be like the dew to Israel;
he shall blossom like the lily;
he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon;
he shall blossom like the lily;
he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon;
I will be like the dew to Israel;
he will blossom like a lily.
Like a cedar of Lebanon
he will send down his roots;
he will blossom like a lily.
Like a cedar of Lebanon
he will send down his roots;
his shoots shall spread out;
his beauty shall be like the olive,
and his fragrance like Lebanon.
his beauty shall be like the olive,
and his fragrance like Lebanon.
his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,
his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,
his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.
People will dwell again in his shade;
they will flourish like the grain,
they will blossom like the vine —
Israel’s fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.
they will flourish like the grain,
they will blossom like the vine —
Israel’s fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.
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 upright walk in them,
but transgressors stumble in them.
whoever is discerning, let him know them;
for the ways of the Lord are right,
and the upright walk in them,
but transgressors stumble in them.
Who is wise? Let them realize these things.
Who is discerning? Let them understand.
The ways of the Lord are right;
the righteous walk in them,
but the rebellious stumble in them.
Who is discerning? Let them understand.
The ways of the Lord are right;
the righteous walk in them,
but the rebellious stumble in them.