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1. O ISRAEL, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
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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 with you words, and return unto the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render {cf15i as} bullocks {cf15i the offering of} 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. Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, {cf15i Ye are} our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
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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 heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him..
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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 as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as 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 branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as 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 under his shadow shall return; they shall revive {cf15i as} the corn, and blossom as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
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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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8. Ephraim {cf15i shall say}, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir tree; from me is thy fruit found.
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8. Ephraim H669 shall say , What H4100 have I to do any more H5750 with idols H6091 ? I H589 have heard H6030 him , and observed H7789 him: I H589 am like a green H7488 fir tree H1265 . From H4480 me is thy fruit H6529 found H4672 .
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9. Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, mad the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.
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9. Who H4310 is wise H2450 , and he shall understand H995 these H428 things ? prudent H995 , and he shall know H3045 them? for H3588 the ways H1870 of the LORD H3068 are right H3477 , and the just H6662 shall walk H1980 in them : but the transgressors H6586 shall fall H3782 therein.
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