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1. `Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up.
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1. Come H1980 , and let us return H7725 unto H413 the LORD H3068 : for H3588 he H1931 hath torn H2963 , and he will heal H7495 us ; he hath smitten H5221 , and he will bind us up H2280 .
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2. He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him.
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2. After two days H4480 H3117 will he revive H2421 us : in the third H7992 day H3117 he will raise us up H6965 , and we shall live H2421 in his sight H6440 .
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3. And we know -- we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain -- sprinkling earth.`
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3. Then shall we know H3045 , if we follow on H7291 to know H3045 H853 the LORD H3068 : his going forth H4161 is prepared H3559 as the morning H7837 ; and he shall come H935 unto us as the rain H1653 , as the latter H4456 and former rain H3138 unto the earth H776 .
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4. What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, O Judah? Your goodness is as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early -- going.
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4. O Ephraim H669 , what H4100 shall I do H6213 unto thee? O Judah H3063 , what H4100 shall I do H6213 unto thee? for your goodness H2617 is as a morning H1242 cloud H6051 , and as the early H7925 dew H2919 it goeth away H1980 .
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5. Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light goeth forth.
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5. Therefore H5921 H3651 have I hewed H2672 them by the prophets H5030 ; I have slain H2026 them by the words H561 of my mouth H6310 : and thy judgments H4941 are as the light H216 that goeth forth H3318 .
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6. For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.
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6. For H3588 I desired H2654 mercy H2617 , and not H3808 sacrifice H2077 ; and the knowledge H1847 of God H430 more than burnt offerings H4480 H5930 .
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7. And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me.
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7. But they H1992 like men H120 have transgressed H5674 the covenant H1285 : there H8033 have they dealt treacherously H898 against me.
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8. Gilead is a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood.
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8. Gilead H1568 is a city H7151 of them that work H6466 iniquity H205 , and is polluted H6121 with blood H4480 H1818 .
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9. And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder -- the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.
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9. And as troops of robbers H1416 wait H2442 for a man H376 , so the company H2267 of priests H3548 murder H7523 in the way H1870 by consent H7926 : for H3588 they commit H6213 lewdness H2154 .
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10. In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There is the whoredom of Ephraim -- defiled is Israel.
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10. I have seen H7200 a horrible thing H8186 in the house H1004 of Israel H3478 : there H8033 is the whoredom H2184 of Ephraim H669 , Israel H3478 is defiled H2930 .
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11. Also, O Judah, appointed is a harvest to thee, In My turning back to the captivity of My people!
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11. Also H1571 , O Judah H3063 , he hath set H7896 a harvest H7105 for thee , when I returned H7725 the captivity H7622 of my people H5971 .
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