4. “I will heal their backsliding,I will love them freely,For My anger has turned away from him.
5. I will be like the dew to Israel;He shall grow like the lily,And lengthen his roots like Lebanon.
6. His branches shall spread;His beauty shall be like an olive tree,And his fragrance like Lebanon.
7. Those who dwell under his shadow shall return;They shall be revived like grain,And grow like a vine.Their scent shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
8. “Ephraim shall say, ‘What have I to do anymore with idols?’I have heard and observed him.I am like a green cypress tree;Your fruit is found in Me.”
9. Who is wise?Let him understand these things.Who is prudent?Let him know them.For the ways of the Lord are right;The righteous walk in them,But transgressors stumble in them.