3:22 Come back to me, you wayward people.
I want to cure your waywardness.
Say,
because you are the Lord our God.
31:3 In a far-off land the Lord will manifest himself to them.
He will say to them, ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love.
That is why I have continued to be faithful to you.
14:4 “I will heal their waywardness
and love them freely,
for my anger will turn
14:5 I will be like the dew to Israel;
he will blossom like a lily,
he will send down his roots like a cedar of
14:6 His young shoots will grow;
his splendor will be like an olive tree,
his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.
14:7 People will reside again
they will plant and harvest grain in abundance.
They will blossom like a vine,
and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon.
14:8 O Ephraim, I do not want to have anything to do
I will answer him and care for him.
I am like
your fruitfulness comes from me!