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1. "Come, let's go back to the Lord. He has hurt us, but he will heal us. He has wounded us, but he will bandage our wounds.
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1. Come H1980 , and let us return H7725 unto H413 the LORD H3068 : for H3588 he H1931 hath torn H2963 , and he will heal H7495 us ; he hath smitten H5221 , and he will bind us up H2280 .
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2. In two days he will put new life in us; on the third day he will raise us up so that we may live in his presence
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2. After two days H4480 H3117 will he revive H2421 us : in the third H7992 day H3117 he will raise us up H6965 , and we shall live H2421 in his sight H6440 .
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3. and know him. Let's try to learn about the Lord; he will come to us as surely as the dawn comes. He will come to us like rain, like the spring rain that waters the ground."
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3. Then shall we know H3045 , if we follow on H7291 to know H3045 H853 the LORD H3068 : his going forth H4161 is prepared H3559 as the morning H7837 ; and he shall come H935 unto us as the rain H1653 , as the latter H4456 and former rain H3138 unto the earth H776 .
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4. The Lord says, "Israel, what should I do with you? Judah, what should I do with you? Your faithfulness is like a morning mist, like the dew that goes away early in the day.
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4. O Ephraim H669 , what H4100 shall I do H6213 unto thee? O Judah H3063 , what H4100 shall I do H6213 unto thee? for your goodness H2617 is as a morning H1242 cloud H6051 , and as the early H7925 dew H2919 it goeth away H1980 .
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5. I have warned you by my prophets that I will kill you and destroy you. My justice comes out like bright light.
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5. Therefore H5921 H3651 have I hewed H2672 them by the prophets H5030 ; I have slain H2026 them by the words H561 of my mouth H6310 : and thy judgments H4941 are as the light H216 that goeth forth H3318 .
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6. I want faithful love more than I want animal sacrifices. I want people to know me more than I want burnt offerings.
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6. For H3588 I desired H2654 mercy H2617 , and not H3808 sacrifice H2077 ; and the knowledge H1847 of God H430 more than burnt offerings H4480 H5930 .
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7. But they have broken the agreement as Adam did; they have been unfaithful to me.
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7. But they H1992 like men H120 have transgressed H5674 the covenant H1285 : there H8033 have they dealt treacherously H898 against me.
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8. Gilead is a city of people who do evil; their footprints are bloody.
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8. Gilead H1568 is a city H7151 of them that work H6466 iniquity H205 , and is polluted H6121 with blood H4480 H1818 .
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9. The priests are like robbers waiting to attack people; they murder people on the road to Shechemn and do wicked things.
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9. And as troops of robbers H1416 wait H2442 for a man H376 , so the company H2267 of priests H3548 murder H7523 in the way H1870 by consent H7926 : for H3588 they commit H6213 lewdness H2154 .
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10. I have seen horrible things in Israel. Look at Israel's prostitution; Israel has become unclean.
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10. I have seen H7200 a horrible thing H8186 in the house H1004 of Israel H3478 : there H8033 is the whoredom H2184 of Ephraim H669 , Israel H3478 is defiled H2930 .
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11. "Judah, I have set a harvest time for you when I will make the lives of my people good again.
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11. Also H1571 , O Judah H3063 , he hath set H7896 a harvest H7105 for thee , when I returned H7725 the captivity H7622 of my people H5971 .
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