1 “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.
2 He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him.
3 His going forth is established as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, Like the late rain watering the earth.”
4 What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your lovingkindness is like a morning cloud And like the dew which goes away early.
5 I have killed them by the words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.
6 And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 There they have dealt treacherously against Me.
8 With a track of blood.
9 So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed lewdness.
10 Ephraim’s harlotry is there; Israel has defiled itself.
11 When I restore the fortunes of My people,
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