3. Assyria cannot save us,nor can our warhorses.Never again will we say to the idols we have made,‘You are our gods.’No, in you alonedo the orphans find mercy.”
4. The lord says,“Then I will heal you of your faithlessness;my love will know no bounds,for my anger will be gone forever.
5. I will be to Israellike a refreshing dew from heaven.Israel will blossom like the lily;it will send roots deep into the soillike the cedars in Lebanon.
6. Its branches will spread out like beautiful olive trees,as fragrant as the cedars of Lebanon.