1 An exhortation to repentance.
4 A promise of God's blessing.

return. 6:1 12:6 1Sa 7:3,4 2Ch 30:6-9 Isa 55:6,7 Jer 3:12-14 4:1 Joe 2:12,13 Zec 1:3,4 Ac 26:18-20

thou. 13:9 Jer 2:19 La 5:16 Eze 28:14-16

2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

with. Job 34:31,32 Joe 2:17 Mt 6:9-13 Lu 11:2-4 18:13

away. 2Sa 12:13 24:10 Job 7:21 Ps 51:2-10 Isa 6:7 Eze 36:25,26 Mic 7:19 Zec 3:4 Joh 1:29 Ro 11:27 Tit 2:14 Heb 10:4 1Jo 1:7 3:5

receive, etc. or, give good. Mt 7:11 Lu 11:13 15:21-24 Eph 1:6,7 2:7,8 2Ti 1:9

the calves. Ps 69:30,31 Heb 13:15 1Pe 2:5,9

3 Asshur 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.

Asshur. 5:13 7:11 8:9 12:1 2Ch 16:7 Ps 146:3 Jer 31:18-22

we will not. De 17:16 Ps 20:7,8 33:17 Isa 30:2,16 31:3 36:8

neither. 8 2:17 Isa 1:29 2:20 27:9 Eze 36:25 37:23 43:7-9 Mic 5:10-14 Zec 13:2

for. Ex 22:22-24 Ps 10:14 68:5 146:9 Pr 23:10,11 Joh 14:18

4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

heal. 11:7 Ex 15:26 Isa 57:18 Jer 3:22 5:6 8:22 14:7 17:14 33:6 Mt 9:12,13

I will love. De 7:7,8 Zep 3:17 Ro 3:24 Eph 1:6 2:4-9 2Ti 1:9 Tit 3:4

for. Nu 25:4,11 Ps 78:38 Isa 12:1 2Co 5:19-21

5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

as the dew. De 32:2 2Sa 23:4 Job 29:19 Ps 72:6 Pr 19:12 Isa 18:4 26:19 Isa 44:3 Mic 5:7

he shall. So 2:1,2,16 4:5 Mt 6:28 Lu 12:27

grow. or, blossom. cast. Heb. strike. 2Ki 19:30 Ps 72:16 Isa 27:6 35:2 Eze 17:22-24 Eph 3:17

6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

branches. Ps 80:9-11 Eze 17:5-8 31:3-10 Da 4:10-15 Mt 13:31 Joh 15:1 Ro 11:16-24

spread. Heb. go. and his beauty. Ps 52:8 128:3

his smell. Ge 27:27 So 4:11-15 2Co 2:14,15 Php 4:18

7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

that. Ps 91:1 So 2:3 Isa 32:1,2

revive. 6:2 Ps 85:6 138:7 Isa 61:11 Joh 11:25 12:24 1Co 15:36-38

grow. or, blossom. 5*marg. So 6:11 Zec 8:12

scent. or, memorial.

8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

What. 2,3 Job 34:32 Ac 19:18-20 1Th 1:9 1Pe 1:14-16 4:3,4

I have. Job 33:27 Jer 31:18-20 Lu 15:20 Joh 1:47,48

I am. Isa 41:19 55:13 60:13

From me. Joh 1:16 15:1-8 Ga 5:22,23 Eph 5:9 Php 1:11 2:13 4:13 Jas 1:17

9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

wise. Ps 107:43 Pr 1:5,6 4:18 Jer 9:12 Da 12:10 Mt 13:11,12 Joh 8:47 Joh 18:37

for. Ge 18:25 De 32:4 Job 34:10-12,18,19 Ps 19:7,8 119:75,128 Eze 18:25 33:17-20 Zep 3:5 Ro 7:12

and the. Job 17:9 Ps 84:5,7 Pr 10:29 Isa 8:13-15 Mt 11:19

but. Lu 2:34 4:28,29 7:23 Joh 3:19,20 9:39 15:24 Ro 9:32,33 2Co 2:15,16 2Th 2:9-12 1Pe 2:7,8