| 章 |
| 6:1 |
"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.
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| 6:2 |
After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.
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| 6:3 |
Let us acknowledge the LORD; 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."
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| 6:4 |
"What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.
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| 6:5 |
Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth; my judgments flashed like lightning upon you.
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| 6:6 |
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.
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| 6:7 |
Like Adam, they have broken the covenant-- they were unfaithful to me there.
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| 6:8 |
Gilead is a city of wicked men, stained with footprints of blood.
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| 6:9 |
As marauders lie in ambush for a man, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
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| 6:10 |
I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel. There Ephraim is given to prostitution and Israel is defiled.
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| 6:11 |
"Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed. "Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,
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