| New Living Translation | International Standard Version |
| 1 Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for your sins have brought you down. | 1 "Return, Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have fallen due to your own iniquity. |
| 2Bring your confessions, and return to the LORD. Say to him, “Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us, so that we may offer you our praises. | 2Bring a prepared speech with you as you return to the LORD. Say to him: 'Take away all our iniquity, and accept what is good. Then we will present the fruit of our lips. |
| 3Assyria 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.” | 3Assyria won't save us; we won't be riding on horses, Nor will we be saying anymore to the work of our hands, "You are our God." Indeed, in you the orphan finds mercy.' |
| 4The LORD says, “Then I will heal you of your faithlessness; my love will know no bounds, for my anger will be gone forever. | 4"I will correct their apostasy, loving them freely, since my anger will have turned away from them. |
| 5I 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. | 5I will be like the dew to Israel; Israel will blossom like a lily, growing roots like the cedars of Lebanon. |
| 6Its branches will spread out like beautiful olive trees, as fragrant as the cedars of Lebanon. | 6Israel's branches will spread out, and its beauty will be like an olive tree, with its scent like that of Lebanon. |
| 7My 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. | 7Those who live under its protection will surely return. Their grain will flourish; they will blossom like a vine, and Israel's scent will be like wine from Lebanon. |
| 8“O Israel, stay away from idols! I am the one who answers your prayers and cares for you. I am like a tree that is always green; all your fruit comes from me.” | 8"Ephraim, what have I in common with idols? I have listened and will pay attention to him. I am like a flourishing cypress; in me will your fruit be found." |
| 9Let 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. | 9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things. Whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right: the righteous follow his example, but the rebellious stumble in them. |
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