1An exhortation to repentance. 4A promise of God's blessing.
1O ISRAEL, areturn unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
a ch. 12.6; 13.9. Je. 3.4,14,22; 4.1. Joel 2.12. Is. 55.6,7. Mat. 9.13. 1Ti. 1.15,16.
2bTake with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, cTake away all iniquity, and 1receive us graciously: so will we render the dcalves of our lips.
1Or, give good. Lu. 15.18.
b Joel 2.17. Ro. 8.26. 1Jn. 5.14. 2Sa. 7.25. Is. 1.18. Job 34.31,32. c Mi. 7.18,19. Ep. 1.3-7. Jn. 1.29. Col. 1.4. d He. 13.15. Ps. 50.14; 69.30,31; 100; 145.
3Asshur eshall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for fin thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
e ch. 5.13; 7.11; 8.9; 12.1; 2.17. De. 17.16. Is. 30.2,16; 31.1,2; 36.8; 1.29; 2.20. 2Ch. 10.7. Ps. 33.16,17; 146.3; 97.7. v.8. f Ps. 10.14,16; 68.5; 146.9.
4ΒΆgI will heal their backsliding, hI will love them freely: ifor mine anger is turned away from him.
g Ex. 15.26. Is. 57.18. Je. 3.22. h Zep. 3.17. Ep. 1.5,9; 2.4-7. Ro. 3.24. i Is. 12.1. 2Co. 5.19-21.
5I will be jas the dew unto Israel: he shall 2grow as the lily, and 3cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
2Or, blossom. Ps. 92.13,15; 45.13,14. Eze. 16.14. Mat. 6.28,29.
3Heb. strike. 2Ki. 19.30. Je. 31.12. Ep. 3.17. Mat. 13.21.
j Ps. 72.6. De. 32.2. Is. 44.3. Pr. 19.12.
6His kbranches 4shall spread, and lhis beauty shall be as the olive tree, and mhis smell as Lebanon.
4Heb. shall go.
k Ps. 72.16; 80.9,11. Ep. 4.15,16. He. 6.1. 2Pe. 3.18. Pr. 4.18. l Ps. 52.8; 128.3. Eze. 16.14. m Ca. 4.11-14. 2Co. 2.14,15. Phi. 1.11.
7They nthat dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall orevive as the corn, and 5grow as the vine: the 6scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
5Or, blossom. v.5.
6Or, memorial.
n Ca. 2.3. Ps. 91.1. ch. 1.11; 3.5. o Jn. 11.25; 12.24. Is. 55.10-13; 44.3-5; 61.11. Ps. 92.12-15.
8Ephraim shall say , pWhat have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him , and observed him: I am qlike a green fir tree. rFrom me is thy fruit found.
p v.2,3. Is. 1.29; 2.20. Je. 2.22-25; 31.18-20. Job 34.32. q Is. 41.19; 60.13; 55.13. r Jn. 1.14,16; 15.1-9. Phi. 1.11; 4.13.
9sWho is wise, and he shall understand these things ? prudent, and he shall know them? for tthe ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors ushall fall therein.
s Ps. 107.43. 1Co. 2.10-16. Jn. 8.47; 18.37. Je. 9.12. Da. 12.10. t De. 32.4. Ps. 19.7-9. Job 17.9. Mat. 11.19. u Lu. 2.34. Jn. 9.39. 1Pe. 2.8. Pr. 10.29. 2Co. 2.16. Ro. 2.4,5,21-24.