LEB(i)
2 Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Say to him, "Take away all guilt; accept good, and we will offer the fruit* of our lips.
3 Assyria will not save us; we will not ride on horses,* and we will say no more, "Our God," to the work of our hands because in you the fatherless child finds mercy.
4 I will heal their disloyalty;* I will love them freely because my anger has turned back from them.*
5 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily plant, and he will strike his roots like the trees of Lebanon.
6 His new plant shoots will spread out; his splendor will be like the olive tree, and his scent like the trees of Lebanon.
7 ⌊They will again dwell⌋* in my* shadow; they will grow grain and they will blossom like the plant vine; his fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.
8 O Ephraim, ⌊what have I to do⌋* with idols? I myself have answered and looked after you.* I am like a luxuriant cypress; your fruit* comes from me.
9 Who is wise that he can understand these things? Who is discerning that he knows them? The ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; but transgressors stumble in them.