2. Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah; say unto him, Forgive all iniquity, and receive us graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips.
3. Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Thou art our God because in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
4. I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
5. I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
6. His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
7. They shall return and sit under his shadow; they shall revive as corn, and blossom as the vine: the renown thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.