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35 lines
1.4 KiB
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## Israel Chastised
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###### 1
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"Come, let us return to Yahweh. For He has torn _us_, but He will heal us; He has struck _us_, but He will bandage us.
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###### 2
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He will make us alive after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him.
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###### 3
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So let us know, let us pursue to know Yahweh. His going forth is established as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, Like the late rain watering the earth."
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###### 4
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What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your lovingkindness is like a morning cloud And like the dew which goes away early.
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###### 5
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Therefore I have hewn _them_ in pieces by the prophets; I have killed them by the words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are _like_ the light that goes forth.
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###### 6
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For I delight in lovingkindness rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
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###### 7
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But like Adam they have trespassed against the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me.
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###### 8
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Gilead is a city of workers of iniquity, With a track of blood.
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###### 9
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And as raiders wait for a man, _So_ a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed lewdness.
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###### 10
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In the house of Israel I have seen an appalling thing; Ephraim's harlotry is there; Israel has defiled itself.
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###### 11
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Also, O Judah, there is a harvest set for you When I restore the fortunes of My people,
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