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Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. |
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Take words with you and return to the LORD; say to him, “Take away all guilt; accept that which is good, and we will offer the fruit [1] of our lips. |
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Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; we will say no more, ‘Our God,’ to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy.” |
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I will heal their disloyalty; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them. |
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I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily, he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon. [2] |
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His shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like that of Lebanon. |
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They shall again live beneath my [3] shadow, they shall flourish as a garden; [4] they shall blossom like the vine, their fragrance shall be like the wine of Lebanon. |
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O Ephraim, what have I [5] to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. [6] I am like an evergreen cypress; your faithfulness [7] comes from me. |
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Those who are wise understand these things; those who are discerning know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them. |
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