O Israel, return to the Lord your God. You fell because of your own sin.

Return to the Lord and pray to him with words, saying, Cleanse up your sins and accept good deeds. We will offer the sacrifice of our lips instead of the calf.

We do not seek help from Assyria. Do not ride Egyptian horses. And he will no longer say to the works of our hands, You are our God. Because the orphan has found mercy with you, Jehovah.

I will heal their apostasy diseases and love them willingly, because my anger has turned away from them.

I will be like dew to Israel, he will bloom like lilies, and take root like the trees of Lebanon.

His branches will extend, his glory will be like an olive tree, and his fragrance will be like the cedars of Lebanon.

Those who once lived under his shade will return and prosper like the five grains. Blooming like a grape tree. His aroma is like the wine of Lebanon.

Ephraim will say, What further do I have to do with idols? I, the Lord, will answer him and consider him. I am like a green pine tree, your fruit comes from me.

Who is a wise person who can understand these things, and who is a wise person who can know everything. For the way of the Lord is upright: the righteous shall walk in it, but sinners shall fall upon it.