14 O Israel, areturn unto the Lord thy God;

For thou hast bfallen by thine iniquity.

2  Take with you words, and aturn to the Lord:

Say unto him, cTake away all iniquity, and ||receive us graciously:

So dwill we render the calves of our lips.

3  eAsshur shall not save us; fwe will not ride upon horses:

gNeither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods:

For hin thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

4  iI will heal iktheir backsliding, lI will love them mfreely:

For mine anger is turned away from him.

5  I will be nas the dew unto Israel:

He shall ||grow as othe lily,

pqAnd †cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

6  qHis branches †shall spread,

And his rbeauty shall be sas the olive tree,

And this smell as Lebanon.

7  quThey that dwell under his shadow shall return;

They shall revive as the corn, and ||grow as the vine:

The ||scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

8  Ephraim shall say, gvWhat have I to do any more with idols?

I have wheard him, and xobserved him:

qsI am like a green fir tree.

yFrom me is thy fruit found.

9  zWho is wise, and he shall understand these things?

Prudent, and he shall know them?

For athe ways of the Lord are bright,

And cthe just shall walk in them:

cBut the transgressors shall dfall therein.