Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
Come, let us return to the
LORD.
For He has torn us to pieces, but
He will heal us; He has wounded
us, but
He will bind up our wounds.
"
Come, and
let us return to Yahweh;
For he has torn us to pieces, And
he will heal us; He has injured
us, And
he will bind up our wounds.
After two days He
will revive us ;
on the third day He will raise us up, that
we may
live in
His
presence
.
After two days will he
revive us .
On the third day he will raise us up, And
we will
live before
him
.
So
let us know—
let us press on to know the
LORD
. As surely as the sun rises, He
will appear ;
He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers
that water
the earth.
Let us acknowledge
Yahweh.
Let us press on to know Yahweh
. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh
will appear .
He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain
that waters
the earth. "
What shall I do with
you ,
O
Ephraim
? What shall I do with
you ,
O
Judah
? For your loyalty
is like a morning mist
, like the early
dew that vanishes
.
"Ephraim,
what shall I do to
you? Judah,
what shall I do to
you? For your love
is like a morning cloud
, And
like the dew that disappears
early
.
Therefore I have hewn
them by
the prophets; I have
slain
them by
the words of My mouth ,
and
My
judgments go
forth
like lightning.
Therefore I have cut
them to
pieces
with
the prophets; I killed
them with
the words of my mouth .
Your
judgments are
like a
flash
of
lightning.
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice ,
and the knowledge of God rather
than burnt offerings.
For I desire mercy, and
not sacrifice ;
And the knowledge of God more
than burnt offerings.
But they, like Adam, have transgressed
the covenant ;
there
they were unfaithful to Me.
But they, like Adam, have broken
the covenant .
They were unfaithful to me ,
there
.
Gilead is a city of evildoers,
tracked
with footprints
of
blood.
Gilead is a city of those
who
work
iniquity;
It
is
stained
with blood.
Like
raiders
who
lie
in
ambush, so does
a
band
of priests ;
they
murder on
the way to
Shechem ;
surely
they
have
committed
atrocities
.
As
gangs
of
robbers
wait
to
ambush a
man
, So the
company
of priests murder in
the way toward
Shechem ,
Committing
shameful
crimes
.
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing :
Ephraim
practices
prostitution
there ,
and
Israel is defiled.
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing .
There is
prostitution
in
Ephraim.
Israel is defiled.
Also for
you
, O
Judah, a harvest is
appointed, when I restore My people from
captivity
.
"
Also, Judah, there
is
a harvest appointed for
you
, When I restore the
fortunes
of
my people.
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