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New International Version
1"Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds. 2After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence. 3Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth." 4"What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears. 5Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth; my judgments flashed like lightning upon you. 6For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings. 7Like Adam, they have broken the covenant- they were unfaithful to me there. 8Gilead is a city of wicked men, stained with footprints of blood. 9As marauders lie in ambush for a man, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, committing shameful crimes. 10I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel. There Ephraim is given to prostitution and Israel is defiled. 11"Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed. "Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,
Hosea 6 (NIV)