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"^(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.

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

-"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."

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

When I ^(C1)would heal Israel, The wrongdoing of Ephraim is uncovered, And the evil deeds of Samaria, For they practice ^(C2)deception; The thief enters, A band of ^(C3)robbers attack outside,

And they do not ^(F1)consider in their hearts That I ^(C1)remember all their wickedness. Now their ^(C2)deeds surround them; They are before My face.