1Come,andletusreturnוְנָשׁ֣וּבָהve.na.Shu.vahH7725untoJehovah;forhehathtornטָרָ֖ףta.RafH2963,andhewillhealוְיִרְפָּאֵ֑נוּve.yir.pa.'E.nuH7495us;hehathsmitten,andhewillbindוְיַחְבְּשֵֽׁנוּ׃ve.yach.be.She.nuH2280usup. 2Aftertwodaysמִיֹּמָ֑יִםmi.yo.Ma.yimH3117willhereviveus:onthethirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔יha.she.li.ShiH7992dayבַּיּוֹם֙bai.yOmH3117hewillraiseיְקִמֵ֖נוּye.ki.Me.nuH6965usup,andweshallliveH2421beforehim. 3Andletusknowוְנֵדְעָ֣הve.ne.de.'AhH3045, letusfollowontoknowלָדַ֙עַת֙la.Da.'atH3045Jehovah:hisgoingH935forthissureasthemorning;andhewillcomeוְיָב֤וֹאve.ya.Vo'H935untousastherainכַגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙kha.Ge.shemH1653,asthelatterrainH1653thatwatereththeearthH776. 4OEphraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,whatshallIdounto thee?OJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,whatshallIdounto thee?foryourgoodnessisasamorningבֹּ֔קֶרBo.kerH1242cloudכַּֽעֲנַן־ka.'a.nan-H6051,andasthedewוְכַטַּ֖לve.kha.TalH2919thatgoethearlyמַשְׁכִּ֥יםmash.KimH7925away. 5ThereforeH3651haveIhewedthembytheprophetsבַּנְּבִיאִ֔יםba.ne.vi.'ImH5030;IhaveslainH2026thembythewordsבְּאִמְרֵי־be.'im.rei-H561ofmymouthפִ֑יFiH6310:andthyjudgmentsוּמִשְׁפָּטֶ֖יךָu.mish.pa.Tei.khaH4941areasthelightא֥וֹר'orH216thatgoethforthיֵצֵֽא׃ye.Tze'H3318. 6ForIdesireחָפַ֖צְתִּיcha.Fatz.tiH2654goodness,andnotsacrificeזָ֑בַחZa.vachH2077;andtheknowledgeוְדַ֥עַתve.Da.'atH1847ofGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430morethanburnt-offerings. 7ButtheylikeAdamכְּאָדָ֖םke.'a.DamH121have transgressedthecovenantבְרִ֑יתve.RitH1285:therehavetheydealtH898treacherouslyבָּ֥גְדוּBa.ge.duH898against me. 8Gileadגִּלְעָ֕דgil.'AdH1568isacityofthem thatworkiniquity; itisstainedwithbloodמִדָּֽם׃mi.DamH1818. 9AndastroopsH1416ofrobberswaitוּכְחַכֵּ֨יu.khe.cha.KeiH2442foramanH376,sothecompanyofpriestsכֹּֽהֲנִ֔יםko.ha.NimH3548murderיְרַצְּחוּ־ye.ra.tze.chu-H7523inthewayדֶּ֖רֶךְDe.rekhH1870towardShechemשֶׁ֑כְמָהShekh.mahH7927;yea,theyhavecommittedlewdness. 10Inthehouseבְּבֵית֙be.VeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478IhaveseenH7200ahorrible thing:therewhoredomisfoundinEphraimלְאֶפְרַ֔יִםle.'ef.Ra.yimH669,Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478isdefiledH2930. 11Alsoגַּם־gam-H1571, OJudahיְהוּדָ֕הye.hu.DahH3063,thereisaharvestקָצִ֖ירka.TzirH7105appointedשָׁ֥תshatH7896forthee,whenIbringH7725backבְּשׁוּבִ֖יbe.shu.ViH7725thecaptivityשְׁב֥וּתshe.VutH7622ofmypeopleעַמִּֽי׃ פ'a.MiH5971. American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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