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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.
Israel and Judah are Unrepentant
Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
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.
After two days will he revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before his face;
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.”
and we shall know, -- we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.
What shall I do unto thee, Ephraim? What shall I do unto thee, Judah? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away.
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.
Therefore have I hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and my judgment goeth forth as the light.
For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
“Gilead is a city of sinners,
tracked with footprints of blood.
tracked with footprints of blood.
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is tracked with blood.
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.
And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way of Shechem; yea, they commit lewdness.
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!
In the house of Israel have I seen a horrible thing: the whoredom of Ephraim is there; Israel is defiled.