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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 the Lord; for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck down, and he will bind us up.
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, that we may live before him.
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 press on to know the Lord; his appearing is as sure as the dawn; he will come to us like the showers, 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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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 away early.
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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Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have killed them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light.
6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.
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For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 As at Adam, they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there.
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But at Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.
8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, stained with footprints of blood.
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Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.
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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As robbers lie in wait for someone, so the priests are banded together; they murder on the road to Shechem, they commit a monstrous crime.
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 Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's whoredom is there, Israel 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 also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed. When I would restore the fortunes of my people,
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