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The Response to God’s Rebuke
1 “AJer 50:4, 5Come, let us return to the Loʀᴅ.
2 “He will APs 30:5revive us after two days;
He will B1 Cor 15:4raise us up on the third day,
That we may live before Him.
3 “So let us AIs 2:3; Mic 4:2know, let us press on to know the Loʀᴅ.
His BPs 19:6; Mic 5:2going forth is as certain as the dawn;
And He will come to us like the CJob 29:23; Ps 72:6; Joel 2:23rain,
Like the spring rain watering the earth.”
4 What shall I do with you, O AHos 7:1; 11:8Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, O Judah?
For your 1Or lovingkindnessloyalty is like a BPs 78:34-37; Hos 13:3morning cloud
And like the dew which goes away early.
I have slain them by the BJer 23:29words of My mouth;
And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.
And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
There they have CHos 5:7dealt treacherously against Me.
8 AHos 12:11Gilead is a city of wrongdoers,
Tracked with BHos 4:2bloody footprints.
9 And as AHos 7:1raiders wait for a man,
So a band of priests BJer 7:9, 10; Hos 4:2murder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they have committed 1Or lewdnessCEzek 22:9; 23:27; Hos 2:10crime.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a AJer 5:30, 31; 23:14horrible thing;
Ephraim’s BHos 5:3harlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself.
11 Also, O Judah, there is a AJer 51:33; Joel 3:13harvest appointed for you,
When I BZeph 2:7restore the fortunes of My people.