1. Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.
2. Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good: so we offer our lips like bulls.
3. Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’ for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”
4. “I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him.