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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then I will return to my lair</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="content">until they have borne their guilt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="content">and seek my face&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="content">in their misery</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="content">they will earnestly seek me.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come, let us return to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.6.1"><span class="content">He has torn us to pieces</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.6.1"><span class="content">but he will heal us;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.6.1"><span class="content">he has injured us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.6.1"><span class="content">but he will bind up our wounds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.6.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">After two days he will revive us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.6.2"><span class="content">on the third day he will restore us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.6.2"><span class="content">that we may live in his presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.6.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Let us acknowledge the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.6.3"><span class="content">let us press on to acknowledge him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.6.3"><span class="content">As surely as the sun rises,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.6.3"><span class="content">he will appear;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.6.3"><span class="content">he will come to us like the winter rains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.6.3"><span class="content">like the spring rains that water the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.6.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;What can I do with you, Ephraim?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.6.4"><span class="content">What can I do with you, Judah?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.6.4"><span class="content">Your love is like the morning mist,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.6.4"><span class="content">like the early dew that disappears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.6.5"><span class="content">I killed you with the words of my mouth&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.6.5"><span class="content">then my judgments go forth like the sun.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:5 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.6.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.6.6"><span class="content">and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.6.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">As at Adam,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Like Adam</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">Like human beings</span></span></span><span class="content"> they have broken the covenant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.6.7"><span class="content">they were unfaithful to me there.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.6.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Gilead is a city of evildoers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.6.8"><span class="content">stained with footprints of blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.6.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">As marauders lie in ambush for a victim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.6.9"><span class="content">so do bands of priests;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.6.9"><span class="content">they murder on the road to Shechem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.6.9"><span class="content">carrying out their wicked schemes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.6.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I have seen a horrible thing in Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.6.10"><span class="content">There Ephraim is given to prostitution,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.6.10"><span class="content">Israel is defiled.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.6.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Also for you, Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.6.11"><span class="content">a harvest is appointed.</span></span></div>
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