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1Come, and let us return to the Lord ;[#Is. 1:18; Acts 10:43]
For He has torn, but He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will bind us up.
2After two days He will revive us;[#Luke 24:46; Acts 10:40; (1 Cor. 15:4)]
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.
3Let us know,[#Is. 54:13]
Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord .
His going forth is established as the morning;
He will come to us like the rain,
Like the latter and former rain to the earth.
4“O Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
O Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
And like the early dew it goes away.
5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets,
I have slain them by the words of My mouth;
And your judgments are like light that goes forth.
6For I desire mercy and not sacrifice,[#Matt. 9:13; 12:7; #Is. 1:12, 13; (Mic. 6:6–8)]
And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7“But like men they transgressed the covenant;
There they dealt treacherously with Me.
8Gilead is a city of evildoers[#Hos. 12:11]
And defiled with blood.
9As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man,
So the company of priests murder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they commit lewdness.
10I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel:
There is the harlotry of Ephraim;
Israel is defiled.
11Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you,
When I return the captives of My people.