1Comeandletusreturnוְנָשׁ֣וּבָהve.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,andweshallliveH2421beforehisfaceH6440; 3andweshallknowוְנֵדְעָ֣הve.ne.de.'AhH3045, —weshallfollowontoknowלָדַ֙עַת֙la.Da.'atH3045Jehovah:hisgoingH935forthisassuredasthemorningdawnכְּשַׁ֖חַרke.Sha.charH7837;andhewillcomeוְיָב֤וֹאve.ya.Vo'H935untousastherainכַגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙kha.Ge.shemH1653,asthelatterrainH1653which watereththeearthH776. 4WhatshallIdounto thee,Ephraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669?WhatshallIdounto thee,Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063?Foryourgoodnessisasamorningבֹּ֔קֶרBo.kerH1242cloudכַּֽעֲנַן־ka.'a.nan-H6051,andasthedewוְכַטַּ֖לve.kha.TalH2919thatearlyמַשְׁכִּ֥יםmash.KimH7925passethaway. 5ThereforeH3651haveIhewed[them]bytheprophetsבַּנְּבִיאִ֔יםba.ne.vi.'ImH5030;IhaveslainH2026thembythewordsבְּאִמְרֵי־be.'im.rei-H561ofmymouthפִ֑יFiH6310:andmyjudgmentוּמִשְׁפָּטֶ֖יךָu.mish.pa.Tei.khaH4941goethforthיֵצֵֽא׃ye.Tze'H3318asthelightא֥וֹר'orH216. 6ForIdelightH2654inloving-kindness,andnotsacrificeזָ֑בַחZa.vachH2077;andtheknowledgeוְדַ֥עַתve.Da.'atH1847ofGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430morethanburnt-offerings. 7ButtheylikeAdamכְּאָדָ֖םke.'a.DamH121have transgressedthecovenantבְרִ֑יתve.RitH1285:therehavetheydealtH898treacherouslyבָּ֥גְדוּBa.ge.duH898against me. 8Gileadגִּלְעָ֕דgil.'AdH1568isacityofthem thatworkiniquity; itistrackedwithbloodמִדָּֽם׃mi.DamH1818. 9AndastroopsH1416ofrobbers lieinwaitוּכְחַכֵּ֨יu.khe.cha.KeiH2442foramanH376,sothecompanyofpriestsכֹּֽהֲנִ֔יםko.ha.NimH3548murderיְרַצְּחוּ־ye.ra.tze.chu-H7523inthewayדֶּ֖רֶךְDe.rekhH1870ofShechemשֶׁ֑כְמָהShekh.mahH7927;yea,theycommitlewdness. 10Inthehouseבְּבֵית֙be.VeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478haveIseenH7200ahorrible thing:thewhoredomofEphraimלְאֶפְרַ֔יִםle.'ef.Ra.yimH669isthere;Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478isdefiledH2930. 11Alsoגַּם־gam-H1571,forthee,Judahיְהוּדָ֕הye.hu.DahH3063,isaharvestקָצִ֖ירka.TzirH7105appointedשָׁ֥תshatH7896,whenIshallturnבְּשׁוּבִ֖יbe.shu.ViH7725againthecaptivityשְׁב֥וּתshe.VutH7622ofmypeopleעַמִּֽי׃ פ'a.MiH5971. Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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