A Call to Repentance
For he has torn us,6:1 Hs 5:14
and he will heal us;6:1 Hs 14:4
he has wounded us,
and he will bind up our wounds.6:1 Is 30:26
and on the third day he will raise us up
so we can live in his presence.6:2 Dt 32:39
He will come to us like the rain,6:3 Jl 2:23
like the spring showers that water the land.
The Lord’s First Lament
What am I going to do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist6:4 Ps 78:34–37
and like the early dew that vanishes.
5This is why I have used the prophets
to cut them down;6:5 Or have cut down the prophets6:5 1Sm 15:32–33; Jr 1:10,18; 5:14
I have killed them with the words from my mouth.
My judgment strikes like lightning.6:5 LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads Your judgments go out as light
6For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice,
there they have betrayed me.6:7 Hs 5:7
tracked with bloody footprints.6:8 Hs 4:2
10I have seen something horrible6:10 Jr 5:30–31; 23:14 in the house of Israel:
Ephraim’s promiscuity is there;6:10 Hs 5:3 Israel is defiled.
When I restore the fortunes of my people,6:11 Zph 2:7
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