Young's Literal Translation YLT
New King James Version NKJV
1 `Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up.
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Come, and let us return to the Lord; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up.
2 He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him.
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After two days He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up, That we may live in His sight.
3 And we know -- we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain -- sprinkling earth.'
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Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth.
4 What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, O Judah? Your goodness [is] as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early -- going.
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"O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, And like the early dew it goes away.
5 Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light goeth forth.
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Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And your judgments are like light that goes forth.
6 For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.
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For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me.
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"But like men they transgressed the covenant; There they dealt treacherously with Me.
8 Gilead [is] a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood.
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Gilead is a city of evildoers, And defiled with blood.
9 And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder -- the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.
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As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man, So the company of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they commit lewdness.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There [is] the whoredom of Ephraim -- defiled is Israel.
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I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: There is the harlotry of Ephraim; Israel is defiled.
11 Also, O Judah, appointed is a harvest to thee, In My turning back [to] the captivity of My people!
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Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you, When I return the captives of My people.
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.