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