4
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him.
5
I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
6
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
7
Those who dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive [as] the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent of it shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
8
Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is your fruit found.
9
Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Yahweh are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.