Return,שׁוּבָהIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלtoעַדYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָforכִּיyou have stumbledכָשַׁלְתָּin your iniquity.בַּעֲוֺנֶךָ
Takeקְחוּwith youעִמָּכֶםwords,דְּבָרִיםand returnוְשׁוּבוּto YHWH;אֶל יְהוָהsayאִמְרוּto him,אֵלָיו“Take awayתִּשָּׂאallכָּלiniquity,עָוֺןand acceptוְקַחwhat is good,טוֹבand we will payוּנְשַׁלְּמָהas bullsפָרִיםour lips.שְׂפָתֵינוּ
Assyriaאַשּׁוּרwill notלֹאsave us;יוֹשִׁיעֵנוּonעַלhorsesסוּסwe will notלֹאride;נִרְכָּבand we will noוְלֹאlongerעוֹדsay,נֹאמַר‘Our god,’אֱלֹהֵינוּto the workלְמַעֲשֵׂהof our hands;יָדֵינוּforאֲשֶׁרin youבְּךָthe orphanיָתוֹםfinds compassion.”יְרֻחַם
I will healאֶרְפָּאtheir turning away;מְשׁוּבָתָםI will love themאֹהֲבֵםfreely;נְדָבָהforכִּיmy angerאַפִּיhas turnedשָׁבfrom him.מִמֶּנּוּ
I will beאֶהְיֶהlike the dewכַטַּלto Israel;לְיִשְׂרָאֵלhe will blossomיִפְרַחlike the lily,כַּשּׁוֹשַׁנָּהand strikeוְיַךְhis rootsשָׁרָשָׁיוlike Lebanon.כַּלְּבָנוֹן
His shootsיֹנְקוֹתָיוwill spread out,יֵלְכוּand his splendorוִ הוֹדוֹwill beיהִיlike the olive tree,כַזַּיִתand his fragranceוְרֵיחַ לוֹlike Lebanon.כַּלְּבָנוֹן
Those who dwellיֹשְׁבֵיin his shadeבְצִלּוֹwill return;יָשֻׁבוּthey will make the grain live,יְחַיּוּ דָגָןand they will blossomוְיִפְרְחוּlike the vine;כַגָּפֶןhis remembranceזִכְרוֹwill be like the wineכְּיֵיןof Lebanon.לְבָנוֹן
Ephraim:אֶפְרַיִם“Whatמַהhave Iלִּיto do any longerעוֹדwith idols?”לָעֲצַבִּיםIאֲנִיanswerעָנִיתִיand watch over him;וַאֲשׁוּרֶנּוּIאֲנִיam like a cypressכִּבְרוֹשׁthat is green;רַעֲנָןfrom meמִמֶּנִּיyour fruitפֶּרְיְךָis found.נִמְצָא
Whoמִיis wise,חָכָםand let him understandוְיָבֵןthese things?אֵלֶּהWho is discerning,נָבוֹןand let him know them?וְיֵדָעֵםForכִּיthe waysדַּרְכֵיof YHWHיְהוָהare upright,יְשָׁרִיםand the righteousוְצַדִּקִיםwalkיֵלְכוּin them,בָםbut transgressorsוּפֹשְׁעִיםstumbleיִכָּשְׁלוּin them.בָם