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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7But like Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to Shechem; they commit villainy. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim’s whoredom is there; Israel is defiled. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed. When I restore the fortunes of my people, |
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