O Israel,
return
unto the LORD
thy God;
for thou hast fallen
by thine iniquity.
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.
say
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.
Assour
Ασσουρ
assour
say
I will heal
their backsliding,
I will love
them freely:
for mine anger
is turned away
from him.
I will be as the dew
unto Israel:
he shall grow
as the lily,
and cast forth
his roots
as Lebanon.
His branches
shall spread,
and his beauty
shall be as the olive tree,
and his smell
as Lebanon.
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.
shelter
σκέπην
skepēn
put out flowers
ἐξανθήσει
exanthēsei
Libanos
Λιβάνου
libanou
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.
juniper tree
ἄρκευθος
arkeuthos
make close
πυκάζουσα
pykazousa
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.
