## Israel Chastised 

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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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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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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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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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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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For I delight in lovingkindness rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. 

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But like Adam they have trespassed against the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me. 

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Gilead is a city of workers of iniquity, With a track of blood. 

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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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In the house of Israel I have seen an appalling thing; Ephraim's harlotry is there; Israel has defiled itself. 

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Also, O Judah, there is a harvest set for you When I restore the fortunes of My people,