6“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.H3212H7725H3068H2963H7495H5221H22802In just a short time he will restore us, so that we may live in his presence.H3117H2421H7992H3117H6965H2421H64403Oh, 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.”H3045H7291H3045H3068H4161H3559H7837H935H1653H4456H3384H7764“O 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.H669H6213H3063H6213H2617H1242H6051H7925H2919H19805I sent my prophets to cut you to pieces—to slaughter you with my words, with judgments as inescapable as light.H2672H5030H2026H561H6310H4941H216H33186I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings.H2654H2617H2077H1847H430H59307But like Adam, you broke my covenant and betrayed my trust.H120H5674H1285H8988“Gilead is a city of sinners, tracked with footprints of blood.H1568H7151H6466H205H6121H18189Priests form bands of robbers, waiting in ambush for their victims. They murder travelers along the road to Shechem and practice every kind of sin.H1416H2442H376H2267H3548H7523H1870H7926H7927H6213H215410Yes, I have seen something horrible in Ephraim and Israel: My people are defiled by prostituting themselves with other gods!H7200H8186H1004H3478H2184H669H3478H293011“O Judah, a harvest of punishment is also waiting for you, though I wanted to restore the fortunes of my people.H3063H7896H7105H7725H7622H5971