Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.Take with you wordsand return to the Lord;say to him, "Take away all iniquity;accept what is good,and we will pay with bullsthe vows of our lips.Assyria shall not save us;we will not ride on horses;and we will say no more, 'Our God,'to the work of our hands.In you the orphan finds mercy." I will heal their apostasy;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 take root like the trees of Lebanon;his shoots shall spread out;his beauty shall be like the olive,and his fragrance like Lebanon.They shall return and dwell beneath my shadow;they shall flourish like the grain;they shall blossom like the vine;their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols?It is I who answer and look after you.I am like an evergreen cypress;from me comes your fruit.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 upright walk in them,but transgressors stumble in them.