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| [1]Come, and let us return to the Lord: for he hath spoiled, and he will heal us: he hath wounded us, and he will bind us up. |
[1]THEY shall say, Come, let us return and go to the LORD who has smitten us, and he will heal us; he has wounded us, and he will bind us up. |
| [2]After two days will he revive us, and in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. |
[2]After two days he will revive us, and on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his presence. |
| [3]Then shall we have knowledge, and endeavor ourselves to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning, and he shall come unto us as the rain, and as the latter rain unto the earth. |
[3]Then shall we know to follow after the knowledge of the LORD; his going forth is prepared as the dawn; and he shall come to us as the rain, as the spring rain which waters the earth |
| [4]O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, how shall I entreat thee? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the morning dew it goeth away. |
[4]O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes away. |
| [5]Therefore have I cut down by the prophets: I have slain them by the words of my mouth, and thy judgments were as the light that goeth forth. |
[5]Therefore have I cut off the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth; and my judgments shall go forth as the light. |
| [6]For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. |
[6]For I desired mercy and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. |
| [7]But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they trespassed against me. |
[7]But they like men have transgressed my covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against me. |
| [8]Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. |
[8]Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity, and wallows in blood. Your strength is as that of a robber. |
| [9]And as the thieves wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they work mischief. |
[9]The priests have joined them on the way, and they have destroyed Shechem, because they have committed iniquities. |
| [10]I have seen villainy in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim: Israel is defiled. |
[10]I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: there Ephraim committed whoredom, and Israel was defiled. |
| [11]Yea, Judah hath set a plant for thee, whiles I would return the captivity of my people. |
[11]And you also, O Judah, set a day of harvest for yourself when I will bring back the captivity of my people |