Israel’s Future Blessing
1 Return, O Israel, to the Lordyour God,
For you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
2 Take words with you and return to the Lord.
Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity
And receiveusgraciously,
That we may present the fruit of our lips.
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.”
4 I will heal their apostasy,
I will love them freely,
For My anger has turned away from them.
5 I will be like the dew to Israel;
He will blossom like the lily,
And he will take root likethe cedars ofLebanon.
6 His shoots will sprout,
And his beauty will be like the olive tree
And his fragrance likethe cedars ofLebanon.
7 Those who live in his shadow
Will again raise grain,
And they will blossom like the vine.
His renownwill belike the wine of Lebanon.
8 O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.
I am like a luxuriant cypress;
From Me comes your fruit.
9 Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
Whoeveris discerning, let him know them.
For the ways of the Lordare right,
And the righteous will walk in them,
But transgressors will stumble in them.
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