14:1   Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, For you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

14:2  Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to Him, " Take away all iniquity And receive us graciously, That we may present the fruit of our lips.

14:3  "Assyria will not save us, We will not ride on horses; Nor will we say again, ' Our god,' To the work of our hands; For in You the orphan finds mercy."

14:4  I will heal their apostasy, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from them.

14:5  I will resemble the dew to Israel; He will blossom like the lily, And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

14:6  His shoots will sprout, And his beauty will resemble the olive tree

14:7  Those who live in his shadow Will again raise grain, And they will blossom like the vine. His renown will resemble the wine of Lebanon.

14:8  O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? I answer and look after you I resemble a luxuriant cypress; From Me comes your fruit.

14:9   Whoever considers himself wise, let him understand these things; Whoever discerns, let him know them For the ways of the LORD prove right, And the righteous will walk in them, But transgressors will stumble in them.