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 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, 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 the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof as the wine of Lebanon.
			8	Ephraim , What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard , and observed him: I like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
			9	Who wise, and he shall understand these ? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.