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. [receive...: or, give good]
			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. [grow: or, blossom] [cast...: Heb. strike]
			6	His branches shall spread# , and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. [spread: Heb. go]
			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. [grow: or, blossom] [scent: or, memorial]
			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.