1 “Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
2 on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.
3 let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.”
4 What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.
5 I killed you with the words of my mouth; my judgments flashed like lightning upon you.
6 and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 they were unfaithful to me there.
8 stained with footprints of blood.
9 so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
10 in the house of Israel. There Ephraim is given to prostitution and Israel is defiled.
11 a harvest is appointed. “Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,
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