“In that day I will respond,” declares the Lord— “I will respond to the skies, and they will respond to the earth;

and the earth will respond to the grain, the new wine and the olive oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.

Then I will return to my lair until they have borne their guilt and seek my face— in their misery they will earnestly seek me.”

Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.”

“What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.

“When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they loved.

Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears, like chaff swirling from a threshing floor, like smoke escaping through a window.