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1 "Come, let us return to the LORD . For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
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“Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
2 "He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him.
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After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.
3 "So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD . His going forth is as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth."
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Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.”
4 What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud And like the dew which goes away early.
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“What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.
5 Therefore I have hewn them in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.
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Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth— then my judgments go forth like the sun.
6 For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
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For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me.
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As at Adam, they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there.
8 Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody footprints.
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Gilead is a city of evildoers, stained with footprints of blood.
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