6:1 “Come, let’s return to the Lord; for it is he who has injured us and will heal us; he has struck us down, but he will bind us up.
6:2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, so that we may live before him.
6:3 Let’s know, let’s press on to know the Lord; whose appearing is as certain as the dawn; who will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that give drink to the earth.”
6:4 Ephraim, what will I do with you? Judah, what will I do with you? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that vanishes quickly.
6:5 Therefore, I have attacked them by the prophets, I have killed them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth like a light.
6:6 I desire faithful love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God instead of entirely burned offerings.
6:7 But like Adam they broke the covenant; then they acted in bad faith against me.
6:8 Gilead is a city of wicked people, tracked with blood.
6:9 As robbers lie in wait for someone, so the priests are in league with each other; they murder on the road to Shechem; they have done evil things.
6:10 In the house of Israel I have seen something horrible; Ephraim acts like a prostitute; Israel is defiled.
6:11 For you also, Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I would improve the circumstances of my people.
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