Image by Ian Hsu (iandoh) via FlickrReturn, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.  Take words with you and return to the Lord; say to him, ‘Take away all guilt; accept that which is good, and we will offer the fruit of our lips.   Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; we will say no more, “Our God”, to the work of our hands.  In you the orphan finds mercy.’

I will heal their disloyalty; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.  I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily, he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon.  His shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like that of Lebanon.  They shall again live beneath my shadow, they shall flourish as a garden; they shall blossom like the vine,
 their fragrance shall be like the wine of Lebanon.