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Israel's Future Blessing

^1 (F1)(C1)Return, Israel, to the LORD your God,
For you have stumbled ^(F2)because of your ^(C2)wrongdoing.

² Take words with you and return to the LORD.
Say to Him, "^(C1)Take away all guilt
And ^(F1)receive us graciously,
So that we may ^(C2)present ^(F2)the fruit of our lips.

³ "Assyria will not save us,
We will ^(C1)not ride on horses;
Nor will we say again, '^(C2)Our god'
To the ^(C3)work of our hands;
For in ^(C4)You the ^(F1)orphan finds mercy."

⁴ I will ^(C1)heal their apostasy,
I will ^(C2)love them freely,
Because My anger has ^(C3)turned away from them.

⁵ I will be like the ^(C1)dew to Israel;
He will blossom like the ^(C2)lily,
And he will ^(F1)take root like the cedars of ^(C3)Lebanon.

⁶ His shoots will ^(F1)sprout,
His ^(F2)majesty will be like the ^(C1)olive tree,
And his fragrance like the cedars of ^(C2)Lebanon.

⁷ Those who ^(C1)live in his shadow
Will ^(F1)again raise ^(C2)grain,
And they will blossom like the vine.
His fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.

⁸ Ephraim, what more have I to do with ^(C1)idols?
It is I who answer and look after ^(F1)you.
I am like a luxuriant ^(C2)juniper;
From ^(C3)Me ^(F2)comes your fruit.

^9 (C1)Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the ^(C2)ways of the LORD are right,
And the ^(C3)righteous will walk in them,
But ^(C4)wrongdoers will stumble in them.