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6:1 |
"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.
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6:2 |
"He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him.
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6:3 |
"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."
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6:4 |
What 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.
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6:5 |
Therefore 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.
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6:6 |
For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
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6:7 |
But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me.
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6:8 |
Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody footprints.
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6:9 |
And as raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed crime.
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6:10 |
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's harlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself.
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6:11 |
Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, When I restore the fortunes of My people.
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