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1 "Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
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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 he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, 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 Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water 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? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.
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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 by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light.
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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 steadfast love and not sacrifice, 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 transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with 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 evildoers, tracked with blood.
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Gilead is a city of evildoers, stained with footprints of blood.
9 As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to Shechem; they commit villainy.
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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 Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's whoredom is there; Israel is defiled.
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I have seen a horrible thing in Israel: There Ephraim is given to prostitution, Israel is defiled.
11 For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, 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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