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2 Return, O Israel, to◦ Jehovah thy God; for thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity.
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3 Take with you words, and return to▵ Jehovah; say to▵ Him, Bear away all our iniquity, and receive◦ what is good, and we will repay the bullocks of our lips.
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4 Asshur shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses; we will not say any··more to what· our hands ·have··made, You are our gods; for in Thee there is compassion for the orphan.
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5 I will heal their backturning; I will love them with freewill; for My anger is turned··back from him.
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6 I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall flourish as the lily, and fix* his roots as Lebanon.
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7 His tender··branches shall go forth, and his majesty shall be as the olive··tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
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8 They who dwell in his shadow shall return; they shall make the grain live, and they shall flourish as the vine; the remembrance of it shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
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9 Ephraim, What have◦ I◦ still to do as··to idols◦? I◦ have answered and sung of Him; I◦ am as a green fir··tree. From Me thy fruit is found.
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10 Who is wise, and shall understand these things? Who understands, and shall know them? For the ways of Jehovah are upright, and the just shall walk◦ in them; but the transgressors shall stumble in them.
