1Israel, return to the Lord your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.

stylus

Hosea 6:1, Hosea 6:1, Joel 2:12, Joel 2:13, Joel 2:12

2Take words with you, and return to the Lord. Tell him, "Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good: so we offer our lips like bulls.

stylus

Hebrews 13:15, Hebrews 13:15, Job 34:31, Job 34:32, Psalms 51:2

3Assyria can't save us. We won't ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, 'Our gods!' for in you the fatherless finds mercy."

stylus

Psalms 68:5, Psalms 10:14, Psalms 68:5, Psalms 10:14, Psalms 33:17

4"I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him.

stylus

Isaiah 57:18, Isaiah 57:18, Isaiah 12:1, Isaiah 12:1, Zephaniah 3:17

5I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

stylus

Isaiah 35:2, Isaiah 35:2, Isaiah 27:6, Isaiah 27:6, Ephesians 3:17

6His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.

stylus

Psalms 52:8, Psalms 52:8, Psalms 80:9, Psalms 80:11, Matthew 13:31

7Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.

stylus

Psalms 91:1, Psalms 91:1, Song of Solomon 6:11, Hosea 14:5, Psalms 138:7

8Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green fir tree; from me your fruit is found."

stylus

Job 34:32, Job 34:32, James 1:17, Luke 15:20, 1 Peter 4:3

9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of the Lord are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

stylus

Proverbs 10:29, Proverbs 10:29, Psalms 107:43, Psalms 107:43, John 8:47