1-3. “Come on, let’s go back to God.He hurt us, but he’ll heal us.He hit us hard,but he’ll put us right again.In a couple of days we’ll feel better.By the third day he’ll have made us brand-new,Alive and on our feet,fit to face him.We’re ready to study God,eager for God-knowledge.As sure as dawn breaks,so sure is his daily arrival.He comes as rain comes,as spring rain refreshing the ground.”
10. “I saw a shocking thing in the country of Israel:Ephraim worshiping in a religious whorehouse,and Israel in the mud right there with him.
11. “You’re as bad as the worst of them, Judah.You’ve been sowing wild oats. Now it’s harvest time.”