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The Response to God's Rebuke

¹ "^(C1)Come, let's return to the LORD.
For ^(C2)He has torn us, but ^(C3)He will heal us;
He has ^(F1)wounded us, but He will ^(C4)bandage us.

² "He will ^(C1)revive us after two days;
He will ^(C2)raise us up on the third day,
That we may live before Him.

³ "So let's ^(C1)learn, let's press on to know the LORD.
His ^(C2)appearance is as sure as the dawn;
And He will come to us like the ^(C3)rain,
As the spring rain waters the earth."

⁴ What shall I do with you, ^(C1)Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, Judah?
For your loyalty is like a ^(C2)morning cloud,
And like the dew which goes away early.

⁵ Therefore I have ^(C1)cut them in pieces by the prophets;
I have slain them by the ^(C2)words of My mouth;
And the judgments on you are like the light that ^(F1)shines.

⁶ For ^(C1)I ^(F1)desire loyalty ^(C2)rather than sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

⁷ But ^(C1)like ^(F1)Adam they have ^(C2)violated the covenant;
There they have ^(C3)dealt treacherously with Me.

^8 (C1)Gilead is a city of wrongdoers,
Tracked with ^(C2)bloody footprints.

⁹ And as a ^(C1)band of robbers lie in wait for a person,
So a band of priests ^(C2)murder on the way to Shechem;
Certainly they have committed an act of ^(C3)infamy.

¹⁰ In the house of Israel I have seen a ^(C1)horrible thing;
Ephraim's ^(C2)infidelity is there, Israel has defiled itself.

¹¹ Also, Judah, there is a ^(C1)harvest appointed for you,
When I ^(C2)restore the fortunes of My people.