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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.
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,
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.”
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.
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 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 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 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.
Its branches will spread out like beautiful olive trees,
as fragrant as the cedars of Lebanon.
as fragrant as the cedars 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.
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.
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.