2Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receiveusgraciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
2 Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.
3Asshur shall 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 in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
3 Assyria will not be our salvation; we will not go on horses; we will not again say to the work of our hands, You are our gods; for in you there is mercy for the child who has no father.
7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall reviveas the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
7 They will come back and have rest in his shade; their life will be made new like the grain, and they will put out flowers like the vine; his name will be like the wine of Lebanon.
[x]MKJV: They who dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive like the grain, and grow like the vine. Their scent [shall be] as the wine of Lebanon. BBE: They will come back and have rest in his shade; their life will be made new like the grain, and they will put out flowers like the vine; his name will be like the wine of Lebanon. KAV: 그의 그늘 아래 거하는 자들이 돌아오리라. 그들은 곡식같이 되살아나며 포도나무같이 자라고 그것의 냄새는 레바논의 포도즙 같으리라. TSK: that: ps 91:1, so 2:3, isa 32:1,2; revive: ho 6:2, ps 85:6, ps 138:7, isa 61:11, joh 11:25, joh 12:24, 1co 15:36-38; grow: ho 14:5, so 6:11, zec 8:12
8Ephraimshall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heardhim, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruitfound.
8 As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.
9 Who iswise, and he shall understand these things?prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORDareright, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
9 He who is wise will see these things; he who has good sense will have knowledge of them. For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the upright will go in them, but sinners will be falling in them.