CHAPTER 14
Bring
your
confessions
and return
to
the LORD.
Say
to Him:
“Take away
all
our iniquity
and receive
us graciously,
that we may present
the fruit
of our lips.
Assyria
will not
save us,
nor will we
ride
on
horses.
We will never again
say,
‘Our gods!’
to the work
of our own hands.
For
in You
the orphan
finds compassion.”
I will be
like the dew
to Israel;
he will blossom
like the lily
and take
root
like the cedars of Lebanon.
His shoots
will sprout,
and his splendor
will be
like the olive tree,
his fragrance
like the cedars of Lebanon.
They will return
and dwell
in his shade;
they will grow
grain
and blossom
like the vine.
His renown will be
like the wine
of Lebanon.
O Ephraim,
what
have I to do
anymore
with idols?
It is I
who answer
and watch over him.
I am like
a green
cypress tree;
your fruit
comes
from Me.
Whoever
is wise,
let him understand
these things;
whoever is discerning,
let him know them.
For
the ways
of the LORD
are right,
and the righteous
walk
in them,
but the rebellious
stumble
in them.