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| 1"Come, let us return to the LORD; even though he has torn us, he will heal us. Even though he has wounded us, he will bind our wounds. | 1“Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up. |
| 2After two days, he will restore us to life, on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live in his presence. | 2After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. |
| 3Let us know, let us pursue knowledge of the LORD; his coming is as certain as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the autumn and spring rains come on the earth. | 3Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.” |
| 4"What am I to do with you, Ephraim? What am I to do with you, Judah? Your love is like a morning rain cloud— it passes away like the morning dew. | 4What 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 early away. |
| 5Therefore I cut them to pieces by the prophets, killing them by the words from my mouth. The verdict against you shines like a beacon. | 5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light. |
| 6For it is love that I seek, and not sacrifice; knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. | 6For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. |
| 7"But like Adam, they broke the covenant; in this they have acted deceitfully against me. | 7But like Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me. |
| 8Gilead is a lawless town; it is polluted by bloodshed. | 8Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood. |
| 9Like a gang of thieves that stalk a man, priests commit murder along the road to Shechem, committing shameful crimes. | 9As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to Shechem; they commit villainy. |
| 10I have seen a horrible evil in the house of Israel— Ephraim's promiscuity. Israel is defiled. | 10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim’s whoredom is there; Israel is defiled. |
| 11"So, Judah, a harvest has been appointed for you when I restore my people from captivity." | 11For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed. When I restore the fortunes of my people, |
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