Israel is called to return to the LORD in nine verses, trading empty sacrifice for words of confession and receiving God’s promise to heal their waywardness.
Full sung version coming soon.
Lyrics
Israel, return to the LORD your God For you have fallen because of your sin
Take words with you and return to the LORD Tell him, Forgive all our sins Accept that which is good So we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips
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
In you the fatherless finds mercy I will heal their waywardness I will love them freely For my anger is turned away from them
I will be like the dew to Israel He will blossom like the lily Send down his roots like Lebanon His branches will spread
His beauty will be like the olive tree His fragrance like Lebanon Men will dwell in his shade They will revive like the grain
They will blossom like the vine Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols I answer and will take care of him
I am like a green cypress tree From me your fruit is found Who is wise that he may understand these things Who is prudent that he may know them
For the ways of the LORD are right The righteous walk in them But the rebellious stumble in them
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