<vn='1'>O <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="7725">return</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> thou hast <sn="3782">fallen</s> by thine <sn="5771">iniquity</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3947">Take</s><sn="5973">with</s> you <sn="1697">words</s>, and <sn="7725">turn</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, Take <sn="5375">away</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="5771">iniquity</s>, and <sn="3947">receive</s> us <sn="2895">graciously</s>: so will we <sn="7999">render</s> the <sn="6499">calves</s> of our <sn="8193">lips</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="804">Asshur</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3467">save</s> us; we will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7392">ride</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="5483">horses</s>: <sn="3808">neither</s> will we <sn="559">say</s> any <sn="5750">more</s> to the <sn="4639">work</s> of our <sn="3027">hands</s>, Ye are our <sn="430">gods</s>: <sn="834">for</s> in thee the <sn="3490">fatherless</s> findeth <sn="7355">mercy</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>I will <sn="7495">heal</s> their <sn="4878">backsliding</s>, I will <sn="157">love</s> them <sn="5071">freely</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> mine <sn="639">anger</s> is turned <sn="7725">away</s><sn="4480">from</s> him. </v>
<vn='5'>I will <sn="1961">be</s> as the <sn="2919">dew</s> unto <sn="3478">Israel</s>: he shall <sn="6524">grow</s> as the <sn="7799">lily</s>, and cast <sn="5221">forth</s> his <sn="8328">roots</s> as <sn="3844">Lebanon</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>His <sn="3127">branches</s> shall <sn="1980">spread</s>, and his <sn="1935">beauty</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> as the olive <sn="2132">tree</s>, and his <sn="7381">smell</s> as <sn="3844">Lebanon</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>They that <sn="3427">dwell</s> under his <sn="6738">shadow</s> shall <sn="7725">return</s>; they shall <sn="2421">revive</s> as the <sn="1715">corn</s>, and <sn="6524">grow</s> as the <sn="1612">vine</s>: the <sn="2143">scent</s> thereof shall be as the <sn="3196">wine</s> of <sn="3844">Lebanon</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="669">Ephraim</s> shall say, <sn="4100">What</s> have I to do any <sn="5750">more</s> with <sn="6091">idols</s>? <sn="589">I</s> have <sn="6030">heard</s> him, and <sn="7789">observed</s> him: <sn="589">I</s> am like a <sn="7488">green</s> fir <sn="1265">tree</s>. <sn="4480">From</s> me is thy <sn="6529">fruit</s><sn="4672">found</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="4310">Who</s> is <sn="2450">wise</s>, and he shall <sn="995">understand</s><sn="428">these</s> things? <sn="995">prudent</s>, and he shall <sn="3045">know</s> them? <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="1870">ways</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> are <sn="3477">right</s>, and the <sn="6662">just</s> shall <sn="1980">walk</s> in them: but the <sn="6586">transgressors</s> shall <sn="3782">fall</s> therein. </v>