14 “Come back, O Isra'Al, to Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} your Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'},
For you have stumbled because of your error.
2 Come back to Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} with these words,
Say to him, ‘May you pardon our error and accept what is good,
And we will offer the praise of our lips as we would young bulls.
3 As·syrʹi·a will not save us.
We will not ride on horses,
And we will no longer say, “O our Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'}!” to the work of our hands,
For it is by you that the fatherless child is shown mercy.’
4 I will heal their unfaithfulness.
I will love them of my own free will,
Because my anger has turned away from him.
5 I will become like the dew to Isra'Al;
He will blossom like the lily
And will send down his roots like the trees of Lebʹa·non.
6 His twigs will spread,
His splendor will be like that of the olive tree,
And his fragrance like that of Lebʹa·non.
7 They will again dwell in his shadow.
They will grow grain and will bud like the vine.
His fame will be like the wine of Lebʹa·non.
8 Eʹphra·im will say, ‘What more do I have to do with idols?’
I will answer and watch over him.
I will be like a thriving juniper tree.
From me your fruit will be found.”
9 Who is wise? Let him understand these things.
Who is discreet? Let him know them.
For the ways of Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} are upright,
And the righteous will walk in them;
But the transgressors will stumble in them.