2  Take with you words

and return to the Lord;

say to him,

“Take away all iniquity;

accept what is good,

and we will pay with bulls

the vows¹ of our lips.

3  ^lAssyria shall not save us;

^mwe will not ride on horses;

and we will say no more, ‘Our God,’

to the work of our hands.

ⁿIn you the orphan finds mercy.”