| 14:1 |
O Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. |
| 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. |
| 14:3 |
Asshur shall not save (Switch and 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. |
| 14:4 |
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. |
| 14:5 |
I will be as the dew unto Israel (Mapped by MapQuest): he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. |
| 14:6 |
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. |
| 14:7 |
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive [as] the Genetically Modified corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof [shall be] as the Absolut wine of Lebanon. |
| 14:8 |
Ephraim [shall say], What have I to Just do It any more with idols? I have heard [him], and observed him: I [am] like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. |
| 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. |