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¹^aReturn, O Israel, to Yahweh your God,For you have stumbled in your ^biniquity.2 Take words with you and return to Yahweh.Say to Him, “^aForgive all iniquityAnd ¹take what is good,That we may ^bpay in full ²the fruit of our lips.3 “Assyria will not save us;We will ^anot ride on horses,Nor will we say again, ‘^bOur god,’To the ^cwork of our hands;For in ^dYou the ¹orphan finds compassion.”

4 I will ^aheal their turning away from Me;I will ^blove them freely,For My anger has ^cturned away from them.5 I will be like the ^adew to Israel;He will flourish like the ^blily,And he will ¹take root like the cedars of ^cLebanon.6 His shoots will go forth,And his splendor will be like the ^aolive treeAnd his fragrance like the cedars of ^bLebanon.7 Those who ^alive in his shadowWill ¹again raise ^bgrain,And they will flourish like the vine.His name of remembrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.

8 O Ephraim, what more have I to do with ^aidols?It is I who answer and look after ¹you.I am like a luxuriant ^bcypress;From ^cMe ²comes your fruit.

9 ^aWhoever is wise, so let him discern these things;Whoever is discerning, let him know them.For the ^bways of Yahweh are right,And the ^crighteous will walk in them,But ^dtransgressors will stumble in them.