1 GLT Return, O Israel, to Yahweh your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. BSB BSB: Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
2 GLT Take with you words and return to Yahweh. Say to him,“Take away all iniquity and accept what is good, so that we may offer the fruit of our lips. BSB BSB: Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
3 GLT Assyria will not save us; we will not ride on horses. Neither will we say anymore to the work of our hands,‘Our God,’ for in you the fatherless finds compassion.” BSB BSB: Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
4 GLT “I will heal their apostasy; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them. BSB BSB: I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
5 GLT I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedar of Lebanon. BSB BSB: I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
6 GLT His shoots will sprout; his beauty will be like the olive trees, and his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. BSB BSB: His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.
7 GLT Those who live in his shadow will return; they will revive like the grain and blossom like the vine. His fame will be like the wine of Lebanon. BSB BSB: They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
8 GLT O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after him. I am like a luxuriant cypress; from me comes your fruit.” BSB BSB: O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
9 GLT Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is 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. BSB BSB: Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.