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1“Come, let us return to the Lord ,[#Isa 30.26; Jer 50.4, 5; Hos 5.14; 14.4]
for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us;
he has struck down, and he will bind us up.
2After two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
3Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord ;[#Ps 19.6; Isa 2.3; Joel 2.23; Mic 4.2; 5.2]
his appearing is as sure as the dawn;
he will come to us like the showers,
like the spring rains that water the earth.”
4What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?[#Hos 7.1; 11.8; 13.3]
What shall I do with you, O Judah?
Your love is like a morning cloud,
like the dew that goes away early.
5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;[#v 3 ; Jer 1.10, 18; Heb 4.12]
I have killed them by the words of my mouth,
and my judgment goes forth as the light.
6For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,[#Ps 50.8, 9; Hos 2.20; Mt 9.13]
the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7But at Adam they transgressed the covenant;[#6.7 Cn: Heb like]
there they dealt faithlessly with me.
8Gilead is a city of evildoers,
tracked with blood.
9As robbers lie in wait for someone,[#Jer 7.9, 10; Ezek 22.9; 23.27; Hos 7.1; #6.9 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain]
so the priests are banded together;
they murder on the road to Shechem;
they commit a monstrous crime.
10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;[#Jer 5.30, 31; Hos 5.3]
Ephraim’s prostitution is there; Israel is defiled.
11For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed.[#Joel 3.13; Zeph 2.7]
When I would restore the fortunes of my people,