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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Come, let us return to the LORD. For he has torn us, and he will heal us; he has wounded us, and he will bind up our wounds. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2He will revive us after two days, and on the third day he will raise us up so we can live in his presence. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Let us strive to know the LORD. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the land. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4What am I going to do with you, Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist and like the early dew that vanishes. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5This is why I have used the prophets to cut them down; I have killed them with the words from my mouth. My judgment strikes like lightning. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7But they, like Adam, have violated the covenant; there they have betrayed me. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with bloody footprints. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Like raiders who wait in ambush for someone, a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem. They commit atrocities. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10I have seen something horrible in the house of Israel: Ephraim's promiscuity is there; Israel is defiled. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11A harvest is also appointed for you, Judah. When I return my people from captivity, |
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