1 Yahweh’s Anger Turns Away from Israel 14:1Ch14:2in Heb Return, O Israel, to Yahweh your God,For you have stumbled in your iniquity.
2 Take words with you and return to Yahweh.Say to Him, “Forgive all iniquityAnd 14:2 Or accept that which is good takewhat isgood,That we may pay in full 14:2 As in ancient versions; M.T. our lips as bulls 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 14:3Or fatherless orphan finds compassion.”
4 ¶I will heal their turning awayfrom Me;I will love them freely,For My anger has turned away from them.
5 I will be like the dew to Israel;He will flourish like the lily,And he will 14:5Lit strike his roots take root likethe cedars ofLebanon.
6 His shoots will go forth,And his splendor will be like the olive treeAnd his fragrance likethe cedars ofLebanon.
7 Those who live in his shadowWill 14:7Or return, they will raise grain again raise grain,And they will flourish like the vine.Hisname ofremembrancewill belike the wine of Lebanon.
8 ¶O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols?It is I who answer and look after 14:8Lit him you.I am like a luxuriant cypress;From Me 14:8Lit is found comes your fruit.
9 ¶Whoever is wise, so let him discern these things;Whoeveris discerning, let him know them.For the ways of Yahweh are right,And the righteous will walk in them,But transgressors will stumble in them.