Hebrew Names Version HNV
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1 "Come, and let us return to the LORD; For he has torn us to pieces, And he will heal us; He has injured us, And he will bind up our wounds.
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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 After two days will he revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, And we will 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 Let us acknowledge the LORD. Let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, The LORD will appear. He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain that waters the eretz."
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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 "Efrayim, what shall I do to you? Yehudah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, And like the dew that disappears 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 cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
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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 desire mercy, and not sacrifice; And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there.
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As at Adam, they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there.
8 Gil`ad is a city of those who work iniquity; It is stained with blood.
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Gilead is a city of evildoers, stained with footprints of blood.
9 As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, So the company of Kohanim murder in the way toward Shekhem, Committing shameful crimes.
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As marauders lie in ambush for a victim, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, carrying out their wicked schemes.
10 In the house of Yisra'el I have seen a horrible thing. There is prostitution in Efrayim. Yisra'el is defiled.
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I have seen a horrible thing in Israel: There Ephraim is given to prostitution, Israel is defiled.
11 "Also, Yehudah, there is a harvest appointed for you, When I restore the fortunes of my people.
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“Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed. “Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,
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