14 Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for your sins have brought you down. 2 Bring your confessions, and return to the LORD. so that we may offer you our praises. 3 Assyria cannot save us, do the orphans find mercy.” 4 The LORD says, for my anger will be gone forever. 5 I will be to Israel like the cedars in Lebanon. 6 Its branches will spread out like beautiful olive trees, as fragrant as the cedars of Lebanon. 7 My people will again live under my shade. They will be as fragrant as the wines of Lebanon. 8 “O Israel, stay away from idols! all your fruit comes from me.” 9 Let those who are wise understand these things. But in those paths sinners stumble and fall.