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A Call to Repentance
1“Come, let us return to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces;
now he will heal us.
He has injured us;
now he will bandage our wounds.
2In just a short time he will restore us,
so that we may live in his presence.
3Oh, that we might know the Lord!
Let us press on to know him.
He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn
or the coming of rains in early spring.”
4“O Israel6:4 Hebrew Ephraim, referring to the northern kingdom of Israel. and Judah,
what should I do with you?” asks the Lord.
“For your love vanishes like the morning mist
and disappears like dew in the sunlight.
5I sent my prophets to cut you to pieces—
to slaughter you with my words,
with judgments as inescapable as light.
6I want you to show love,6:6a Greek version translates this Hebrew term as to show mercy. Compare Matt 9:13; 12:7.
not offer sacrifices.
I want you to know me6:6b Hebrew to know God.
more than I want burnt offerings.
7But like Adam,6:7 Or But at Adam. you broke my covenant
and betrayed my trust.
8“Gilead is a city of sinners,
tracked with footprints of blood.
9Priests form bands of robbers,
waiting in ambush for their victims.
They murder travelers along the road to Shechem
and practice every kind of sin.
10Yes, I have seen something horrible in Ephraim and Israel:
My people are defiled by prostituting themselves with other gods!
11“O Judah, a harvest of punishment is also waiting for you,
though I wanted to restore the fortunes of my people.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.