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Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant
“Come, let us return to the Lord;
for he has torn us, that he may heal us;
he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
“Come, let us return to the Lord;
for he has torn us, that he may heal us;
he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
A Call to Repentance
“Come, let us return to the LORD.
He has torn us to pieces;
now he will heal us.
He has injured us;
now he will bandage our wounds.
“Come, let us return to the LORD.
He has torn us to pieces;
now he will heal us.
He has injured us;
now he will bandage our wounds.
After two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
In just a short time he will restore us,
so that we may live in his presence.
so that we may live in his presence.
Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord;
his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us as the showers,
as the spring rains that water the earth.”
his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us as the showers,
as the spring rains that water the earth.”
Oh, that we might know the LORD!
Let us press on to know him.
He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn
or the coming of rains in early spring.”
Let us press on to know him.
He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn
or the coming of rains in early spring.”
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, O Judah?
Your love is like a morning cloud,
like the dew that goes early away.
What shall I do with you, O Judah?
Your love is like a morning cloud,
like the dew that goes early away.
Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
I have slain them by the words of my mouth,
and my judgment goes forth as the light.
I have slain them by the words of my mouth,
and my judgment goes forth as the light.
I sent my prophets to cut you to pieces —
to slaughter you with my words,
with judgments as inescapable as light.
to slaughter you with my words,
with judgments as inescapable as light.
But like Adam they transgressed the covenant;
there they dealt faithlessly with me.
there they dealt faithlessly with me.
Gilead is a city of evildoers,
tracked with blood.
tracked with blood.
“Gilead is a city of sinners,
tracked with footprints of blood.
tracked with footprints of blood.
As robbers lie in wait for a man,
so the priests band together;
they murder on the way to Shechem;
they commit villainy.
so the priests band together;
they murder on the way to Shechem;
they commit villainy.
Priests form bands of robbers,
waiting in ambush for their victims.
They murder travelers along the road to Shechem
and practice every kind of sin.
waiting in ambush for their victims.
They murder travelers along the road to Shechem
and practice every kind of sin.
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;
Ephraim’s whoredom is there; Israel is defiled.
Ephraim’s whoredom is there; Israel is defiled.
Yes, I have seen something horrible in Ephraim and Israel:
My people are defiled by prostituting themselves with other gods!
My people are defiled by prostituting themselves with other gods!