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6Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
²After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
³Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
⁴O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
⁵Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
⁶For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.