14:1 O Israel, return to the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thy iniquity.
14:1 O Israel, return to the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thy iniquity.
14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive {us} graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive {us} graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
14:3 Ashur 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.
14:3 Assyria 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.
14:4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for my anger is turned away from him.
14:4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for my anger is turned away from him.
14:5 I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
14:5 I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
14:6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
14:6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
14:7 They that dwell under his shade shall return; they shall revive {as} the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent of it {shall be} as the wine of Lebanon.
14:7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive {as} the grain, and grow as the vine: the scent of it {shall be} as the wine of Lebanon.
14:8 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.
14:8 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.
14:9 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 in them.
14:9 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 in them.
14:1 O Israel, return to the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thy iniquity.
14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive {us} graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive {us} graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
14:3 Ashur 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.
14:3 Assyria 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.
14:4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for my anger is turned away from him.
14:4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for my anger is turned away from him.
14:5 I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
14:5 I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
14:6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
14:6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
14:7 They that dwell under his shade shall return; they shall revive {as} the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent of it {shall be} as the wine of Lebanon.
14:7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive {as} the grain, and grow as the vine: the scent of it {shall be} as the wine of Lebanon.
14:8 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.
14:8 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.
14:9 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 in them.
14:9 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 in them.