微读圣经

1Come, let us return to the Lord. Jr 50:4-5

For He has torn us, Hs 5:14

and He will heal us; Hs 14:4

He has wounded us,

and He will bind up our wounds. Is 30:26

2He will revive us after two days, Ps 30:5

and on the third day He will raise us up

so we can live in His presence. Dt 32:39

3Let us strive to know the Lord. Is 2:3; Mc 4:2

His appearance is as sure as the dawn. Ps 19:6; Mc 5:2

He will come to us like the rain, Jl 2:23

like the spring showers that water the land.

4What am I going to do with you, Ephraim? Hs 7:1; 11:8

What am I going to do with you, Judah?

Your loyalty is like the morning mist Ps 78:34-37

and like the early dew that vanishes.

5This is why I have used the prophets

to cut them down; Or have cut down the prophets 1Sm 15:32-33; Jr 1:10,18; 5:14

I have killed them with the words of My mouth.

My judgment strikes like lightning. LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads Your judgments go out as light

6For I desire loyalty and not sacrifice,

the knowledge of God Hs 4:1 rather than burnt offerings. Mt 9:13; 12:7

7But they, like Adam, Or they, as at Adam, or they, like men, have violated the covenant; Hs 8:1

there they have betrayed Me. Hs 5:7

8Gilead is a city of evildoers, Hs 12:11

tracked with bloody footprints. Hs 4:2

9Like raiders who wait in ambush for someone, Hs 7:1

a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem. Jr 7:9-10; Hs 4:2

They commit atrocities. Ezk 22:9; 23:27; Hs 2:10

10I have seen something horrible Jr 5:30-31; 23:14 in the house of Israel:

Ephraim’s promiscuity is there; Hs 5:3 Israel is defiled.

11A harvest is also appointed for you, Judah. Jr 51:33; Jl 3:13

When I Or you. Judah, when I return My people from captivity, Zph 2:7