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1 Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
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Come, let us return to the Lord. For He has torn [us], and He will heal us; He has wounded [us], and 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 shall live before him.
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He will revive us after two days, and on the third day He will raise us up so we can live in His presence.
3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
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Let us strive to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the land.
4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.
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What am I going to do with you, Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, Judah? Your loyalty is like the morning mist and like the early dew that vanishes.
5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are [as] the light that goeth forth.
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This is why I have used the prophets to cut them down; I have killed them with the words of My mouth. My judgment strikes like lightning.
6 For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
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For I desire loyalty and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
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But they, like Adam, have violated the covenant; there they have betrayed Me.
8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
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Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with bloody footprints.
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.
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Like robbers who wait in ambush for someone, a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem. They commit atrocities.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is [found] in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
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I have seen something horrible in the house of Israel: Ephraim's promiscuity is there; Israel is defiled.
11 Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.
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A harvest is also appointed for you, Judah. When I return My people from captivity,
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