³ Assyria will not save us,^(A)
we will not ride on horses,^(B)
and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods!’ ^(C)
to the work of our hands.^(D)
For the fatherless receives compassion in you.”^(E)

⁴ I will heal their apostasy;^(F)
I will freely love them,^(G)
for my anger will have turned from him.^(H)
5 I will be like the dew to Israel;^(I)
he will blossom like the lily^(J)
and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.^(K)