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6:1 "Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn [us], but He will heal us; He has wounded [us], but He will bandage us. 6:2 "He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day That we may live before Him. 6:3 "So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD. His going forth is as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth." 6:4 What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud, And like the dew which goes away early. 6:5 Therefore I have hewn [them] in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are [like] the light that goes forth. 6:6 For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. 6:7 But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me. 6:8 Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody [footprints]. 6:9 And as raiders wait for a man, [So] a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed crime. 6:10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's harlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself. 6:11 Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, When I restore the fortunes of My people.