^{1 2} Return, O Israel, to^◦ Jehovah thy God; for thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity.

^{2 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.

^{3 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.

^{4 5} I will heal their backturning; I will love them with freewill; for My anger is turned·​·back from him.

^{5 6} I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall flourish as the lily, and fix^* his roots as Lebanon.

^{6 7} His tender·​·branches shall go forth, and his majesty shall be as the olive·​·tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

^{7 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.

^{8 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.

^{9 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.