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  14:1 ¶
O Israel, return unto Yahweh thy Elohim; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. |
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14:1 ¶
O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. |
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14:2
Take with you words, and turn to Yahweh: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. |
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14:2
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. |
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14:3
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 elohim: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. |
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14:3
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. |
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14:4 ¶
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. |
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14:4 ¶
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. |
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14:5
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. |
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14:5
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. |
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14:6
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. |
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14:6
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. |
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14:7
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. |
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14:7
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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14:9
Who [is] wise, and he shall understand these [things]? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of Yahweh [are] right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. |
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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 therein. |
