Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD; for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, 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 shall give us life: in the third day he will resurrect us, and we shall live in his sight.
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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 And we shall know and follow on in knowing the LORD; his going forth is prepared as the dawn; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter <em>and</em> former rain unto 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 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? Your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes 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 hewed <em>them</em> by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: that thy righteousness <em>be</em> as the light <em>that</em> 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 desired 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 have transposed the covenant as of men: there they have rebelled against me.
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As at Adam, they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there.
8 Gilead <em>is</em> a city of those that work iniquity <em>and is</em> polluted with blood.
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Gilead is a city of evildoers, stained with footprints of blood.
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, <em>so</em> the council of priests murder in the way by common accord; for they put the abomination into effect.
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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 I saw uncleanness in the house of Israel: there Ephraim played the harlot, Israel defiled herself.
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I have seen a horrible thing in Israel: There Ephraim is given to prostitution, Israel is defiled.
11 Also, Judah placed <em>a</em> plant in thee when I had turned the captivity of my people.
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“Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed. “Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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