The Darby Translation DBY
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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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Let's return to the LORD. Even though he has torn us to pieces, he will heal us. Even though he has wounded us, he will bandage our wounds.
2 After two days will he revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before his face;
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After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us so that we may live in his presence.
3 and we shall know, -- we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.
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Let's learn about the LORD. Let's get to know the LORD. He will come to us as sure as the morning comes. He will come to us like the autumn rains and the spring rains that water the ground.
4 What shall I do unto thee, Ephraim? What shall I do unto thee, Judah? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away.
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"What should I do with you, Ephraim? What should I do with you, Judah? Your love is like fog in the morning. It disappears as quickly as the morning dew.
5 Therefore have I hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and my judgment goeth forth as the light.
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That is why I cut [you] down by sending the prophets. I killed you with the words from my mouth. My judgments shined on you like light.
6 For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
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I want your loyalty, not your sacrifices. I want you to know me, not to give me burnt offerings.
7 But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
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"Like Adam, you rejected the promise. You were unfaithful to me.
8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is tracked with blood.
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Gilead is a city filled with troublemakers. It is stained with bloody footprints.
9 And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way of Shechem; yea, they commit lewdness.
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The priests are like gangs of robbers who lie in ambush for a person. They murder on the road to Shechem. Certainly, they have committed a crime.
10 In the house of Israel have I seen a horrible thing: the whoredom of Ephraim is there; Israel is defiled.
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"I have seen horrible things in the nation of Israel. Ephraim is acting like a prostitute, and Israel is unclean.
11 Also, for thee, Judah, is a harvest appointed, when I shall turn again the captivity of my people.
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"Yet, Judah, I have set a harvest time for you when I bring my people back from captivity.
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