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1. Return to the Lord your God, O Israel, for you have fallen because of your sin.
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1. O Israel H3478 , return H7725 unto H5704 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 ; for H3588 thou hast fallen H3782 by thine iniquity H5771 .
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2. Take words with you and return to the Lord. Say to Him, "Take away all sin, and receive us in kindness, that we may praise You with our lips.
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2. Take H3947 with H5973 you words H1697 , and turn H7725 to H413 the LORD H3068 : say H559 unto H413 him , Take away H5375 all H3605 iniquity H5771 , and receive H3947 us graciously H2895 : so will we render H7999 the calves H6499 of our lips H8193 .
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3. Assyria will not save us. We will not ride on horses. And we will never say again, 'Our god,' to what we have made with our hands. For those who have no father find loving-kindness in You."
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3. Asshur H804 shall not H3808 save H3467 us ; we will not H3808 ride H7392 upon H5921 horses H5483 : neither H3808 will we say H559 any more H5750 to the work H4639 of our hands H3027 , Ye are our gods H430 : for H834 in thee the fatherless H3490 findeth mercy H7355 .
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4. "I will bring My people back to Me. I will not hold back My love from them, for I am no longer angry with them.
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4. I will heal H7495 their backsliding H4878 , I will love H157 them freely H5071 : for H3588 mine anger H639 is turned away H7725 from H4480 him.
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5. I will be to Israel like the water on the grass in the early morning. He will grow like the lily, and have roots like the cedars of Lebanon.
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5. I will be H1961 as the dew H2919 unto Israel H3478 : he shall grow H6524 as the lily H7799 , and cast forth H5221 his roots H8328 as Lebanon H3844 .
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6. His young branches will spread out and his beauty will be like the olive tree. His smell will be like the cedars of Lebanon.
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6. His branches H3127 shall spread H1980 , and his beauty H1935 shall be H1961 as the olive tree H2132 , and his smell H7381 as Lebanon H3844 .
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7. They that dwell H3427 under his shadow H6738 shall return H7725 ; they shall revive H2421 as the corn H1715 , and grow H6524 as the vine H1612 : the scent H2143 thereof shall be as the wine H3196 of Lebanon H3844 .
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