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1. Come and let us return to Jehovah. For He has torn, and He will heal us. He has stricken, and He will bind us up.
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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. After two days He will bring us to life. In the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live before Him.
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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. Then we shall know, we who follow on to know Jehovah. His going forth is established as the dawn. And He shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.
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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. O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your goodness is like a morning cloud, and it goes away like the early dew.
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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. So I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the Words of My mouth; and your judgments have been as the light that goes forth.
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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. For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than 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, like Adam, they have broken the covenant; they have acted like traitors against Me there.
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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 those who work iniquity, slippery with blood marks.
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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. And as troops of robbers wait for a man, the company of priests murder in the way to Shechem; for they have done wickedness.
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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 a horrible thing in the house of Israel: the fornication of Ephraim is there; Israel is defiled.
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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. Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed to you, when I return the captivity of My people.
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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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