14Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sins have brought you down.H3478H7725H3068H430H3782H57712Bring your confessions, and return to the Lord. Say to him, “Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us, so that we may offer you our praises.H3947H1697H7725H3068H559H5375H5771H3947H2896H7999H6499H81933Assyria 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 alone do the orphans find mercy.”H804H3467H7392H5483H559H4639H3027H430H3490H73554The Lord says, “Then I will heal you of your faithlessness; my love will know no bounds, for my anger will be gone forever.H7495H4878H157H5071H639H77255I will be to Israel like a refreshing dew from heaven. Israel will blossom like the lily; it will send roots deep into the soil like the cedars in Lebanon.H2919H3478H6524H7799H5221H8328H38446Its branches will spread out like beautiful olive trees, as fragrant as the cedars of Lebanon.H3127H3212H1935H2132H7381H38447My people will again live under my shade. They will flourish like grain and blossom like grapevines. They will be as fragrant as the wines of Lebanon.H3427H6738H7725H2421H1715H6524H1612H2143H3196H38448“O Israel, stay away from idols! I am the one who answers your prayers and cares for you. I am like a tree that is always green; all your fruit comes from me.”H669H6091H6030H7789H7488H1265H6529H46729Let those who are wise understand these things. Let those with discernment listen carefully. The paths of the Lord are true and right, and righteous people live by walking in them. But in those paths sinners stumble and fall.H2450H995H995H3045H1870H3068H3477H6662H3212H6586H3782
, stay away from idols! I am the one who answers your prayers and cares for you. I am like a tree that is always green; all your fruit comes from me.”H669
