| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, For you have stumbled because of your iniquity. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to Him, "Take away all iniquity And receive us graciously, That we may present the fruit of our lips. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3"Assyria will not save us, We will not ride on horses; Nor will we say again, 'Our god,' To the work of our hands; For in You the orphan finds mercy." |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4I will heal their apostasy, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from them. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5I will be like the dew to Israel; He will blossom like the lily, And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6His shoots will sprout, And his beauty will be like the olive tree And his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Those who live in his shadow Will again raise grain, And they will blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like a luxuriant cypress; From Me comes your fruit. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; Whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, And the righteous will walk in them, But transgressors will stumble in them. |
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