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1 “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.
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Come, let us return to ADONAI; for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck, and he will bind our wounds.
2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.
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After two days, he will revive us; on the third day, he will raise us up; and we will live in his presence.
3 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.”
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Let us know, let us strive to know ADONAI. That he will come is as certain as morning; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rains that water the earth.
4 “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.
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"Efrayim, what should I do to you? Y'hudah, what should I do to you? For your 'faithful love' is like a morning cloud, like dew that disappears quickly.
5 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.
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This is why I have cut them to pieces by the prophets, slaughtered them with the words from my mouth - the judgment on you shines out like light.
6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.
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For what I desire is mercy, not sacrifices, knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 As at Adam, they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there.
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"But they, just like men, have broken the covenant, they have been faithless in dealing with me.
8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, stained with footprints of blood.
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Gil'ad is a city of criminals, covered with bloody footprints;
9 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.
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just as bands of robbers wait to ambush someone, so does a gang of cohanim. They commit murder on the road to Sh'khem! Their conduct is an outrage!
10 I have seen a horrible thing in Israel: There Ephraim is given to prostitution, Israel is defiled.
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In the house of Isra'el I have seen a horrible thing; whoring is found there in Efrayim, Isra'el is defiled.
11 “Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed. “Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,
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For you, too, Y'hudah, a harvest will come! "When I restore the fortunes of my people,
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