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Connecting Statement:
The people of Israel confess their need to repent.
he has torn us to pieces ... he has injured us
God has punished the people of Israel because they disobeyed him and worshiped idols. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
he will heal us ... he will bandage our wounds
Israel believes that God will be merciful to them when they repent and he will deliver them from their troubles. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
After two days he will revive us; he will raise us up on the third day
This represents a short period of time. Israel believes God will quickly come to rescue them from their enemies. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
two days ... the third day
"2 days ... day 3" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers and rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)
Let us know Yahweh
Here "know" means not only to learn God's character and laws, but also to become faithful to him.
His coming out is as sure as the dawn
Yahweh will come to help his people just as surely as the sun rises each morning. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)