1. Return to Yahweh your God, O Israel, for you have stumbled because of your sin.
2. Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Say to him, “Take away all guilt; accept good, and we will offer the fruit of our lips.
3. Assyria will not save us; we will not ride on horses, and we will say no more, “Our God,” to the work of our hands because in you the fatherless child finds mercy.
4. I will heal their disloyalty; I will love them freely because my anger has turned back from them.
5. I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily plant, and he will strike his roots like the trees of Lebanon.
6. His new plant shoots will spread out; his splendor will be like the olive tree, and his scent like the trees of Lebanon.