1 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day will he raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.
4 O Ephraim, what shall I do to thee? O Judah, what shall I do to thee? for your goodness is as the morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. goodness: or, mercy, or, kindness
5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. and…: or, that thy judgments might be, etc
6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. men: or, Adam
8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. polluted: or, cunning for
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. by…: Heb. with one shoulder, or, to Shechemlewdness: or, enormity
10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the harlotry of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.