Dual Panel1Return <07725>, O Israel <03478>, to <05704> the Lord <03068> your God <0430>, for <03588> your sin <05771> has been your downfall <03782>!
2Return <07725> to <0413> the Lord <03068> and repent <03947>! Say <0559> to <0413> him: “Completely <03605> forgive <05375> our iniquity <05771>; accept <03947> our penitential <02896> prayer, that we may offer <07999> the praise of our lips <08193> as sacrificial bulls <06499>.
3Assyria <0804> cannot <03808> save <03467> us; we will not <03808> ride <07392> warhorses <05483>. We will never <03808> again <05750> say <0559>, ‘Our gods <0430>’ to what our own hands <03027> have made <04639>. For <0834> only you will show compassion <07355> to Orphan <03490> Israel!”
4“I will heal <07495> their waywardness <04878> and love <0157> them freely <05071>, for <03588> my anger <0639> will turn away <07725> from <04480> them.
5I will be <01961> like the dew <02919> to Israel <03478>; he will blossom <06524> like a lily <07799>, he will send down <05221> his roots <08328> like a cedar of Lebanon <03844>.
6His young shoots <03127> will grow <01980>; his splendor <01935> will be <01961> like an olive tree <02132>, his fragrance <07381> like a cedar of Lebanon <03844>.
7People will reside <03427> again <07725> in his shade <06738>; they will plant <02421> and harvest grain <01715> in abundance. They will blossom <06524> like a vine <01612>, and his fame <02143> will be like the wine <03196> from Lebanon <03844>.
8O Ephraim <0669>, I do not want to have anything to do with idols <06091> anymore <05750>! I <0589> will answer <06030> him and care for <07789> him. I <0589> am like a luxuriant <07488> cypress <01265> tree; your fruitfulness <06529> comes <04672> from <04480> me!
9Who <04310> is wise <02450>? Let him discern <0995> these things <0428>! Who is discerning <0995>? Let him understand <03045> them! For <03588> the ways <01870> of the Lord <03069> are right <03477>; the godly <06662> walk <01980> in them, but in them the rebellious <06586> stumble <03782>.