| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1"Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2"He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3"So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD. His going forth is as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain watering 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? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud And like the dew which goes away early. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Therefore I have hewn them in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody footprints. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9And as raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed crime. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's harlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, When I restore the fortunes of My people. |
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