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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 with you words and return to the LORD; say to him, “Take away all iniquity; acceptⓒ what is good, and we will pay with bulls ⓓthe vows[1] of our lips. |
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ⓔ 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.” |
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Iⓘ will heal their apostasy; ⓙ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 take root like the treesⓜ of Lebanon; |
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his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall beⓝ like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon. |
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They shall return andⓞ dwell beneath my[2] shadow; they shall flourish like the grain; they shall blossom like the vine; their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon. |
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Oⓟ Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you.[3] I am like an evergreen cypress; ⓠfrom me comes your fruit. |
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ⓡ 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. |
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