4
Assur shall never save us; we will not mount on horseback; we will no longer say to the works of our hands, Our gods. He who is in thee shall pity the orphan.
2
Return, O Israel, to the Lord thy God; for the people have fallen through thine iniquities.
3
Take with you words, and turn to the Lord your God: speak to him, that ye may not receive unrighteousness, but that ye may receive good things: and we will render in return the fruit of our lips.
4
Assur shall never save us; we will not mount on horseback; we will no longer say to the works of our hands, Our gods. He who is in thee shall pity the orphan.
5
I will restore their dwellings, I will love them truly: for he has turned away my wrath from him.
6
I will be as dew to Israel: he shall bloom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Libanus.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.