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| [1]'Come, and let us return unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; for He hath torn, and He will heal us, He hath smitten, and He will bind us up. |
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| [2]After two days will He revive us, on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence. |
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| [3]And let us know, eagerly strive to know 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, His going forth is sure as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.' |
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| [4]O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away. |
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| [5]Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth; and thy judgment goeth forth as the light. |
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| [6]For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt-offerings. |
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| [7]But they like men have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against Me. |
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| [8]Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, it is covered with footprints of blood. |
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| [9]And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so doth the company of priests; they murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they commit enormity. |
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| [10]In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; there harlotry is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled. |
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| [11]Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee! When I would turn the captivity of My people, |
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