1
O
Israel,
return
unto
the
LORD
thy
God;
for
thou
hast
fallen
by
thine
iniquity.
2
Take
with
you
words,
and
turn
to
the
LORD:
say
unto
him,
Take
away
all
iniquity,
and
receive
[us]
graciously:
so
will
we
render
the
calves
of
our
lips.
3
Asshur
shall
not
save
us;
we
will
not
ride
upon
horses:
neither
will
we
say
any
more
to
the
work
of
our
hands,
[Ye
are]
our
gods:
for
in
thee
the
fatherless
findeth
mercy.
4
I
will
heal
their
backsliding,
I
will
love
them
freely:
for
mine
anger
is
turned
away
from
him.
5
I
will
be
as
the
dew
unto
Israel:
he
shall
grow
as
the
lily,
and
cast
forth
his
roots
as
Lebanon.
6
His
branches
shall
spread,
and
his
beauty
shall
be
as
the
olive
tree,
and
his
smell
as
Lebanon.
7
They
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],
What
have
I
to
do
any
more
with
idols?
I
have
heard
[him],
and
observed
him:
I
[am]
like
a
green
fir
tree.
From
me
is
thy
fruit
found.
9
Who
[is]
wise,
and
he
shall
understand
these
[things]?
prudent,
and
he
shall
know
them?
for
the
ways
of
the
LORD
[are]
right,
and
the
just
shall
walk
in
them:
but
the
transgressors
shall
fall
therein.