| 1 | Israel, vend om til HERREN din Gud, thi du faldt ved din Brøde. | ¶ O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. |
| 2 | Jeg læger deres Frafald, elsker dem frivilligt, min Vrede har vendt sig fra dem. | 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. {receive...: or, give good} |
| 3 mapa | Jeg vil være Israel som Dug, han skal blomstre som Liljen, Rod skal han slå som en Poppel | 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. |
| 4 | og bugne af Skud, som et Olietræ stå i Pragt, som Libanon dufte. | ¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. |
| 5 | Atter skal de bo i min Skygge, Korn skal de avle, skyde som en Vinstok med Ry som Libanons Vin. | I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. {grow: or, blossom} {cast...: Heb. strike} |
| 6 | Hvad skal Efraim mere med Afguder? Jeg hører ham, ser ned til ham. Jeg er som en grøn Cypres, du får din Frugt fra mig. | His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. {spread: Heb. go} |
| 7 | Hvem er så viis, at han fatter det, så klog, at han ved det? Thi rette er HERRENs Veje; retfærdige vandrer på dem, men Syndere snubler på dem. | 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. {grow: or, blossom} {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. | |
| 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. |