1 Come and let us return unto Jehovah: 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; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before his face;3 and we shall know, -we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.4 What shall I do unto thee, Ephraim? What shall I do unto thee, Judah? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away.5 Therefore have I hewed {them} by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and my judgment goeth forth as the light.6 For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.7 But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is tracked with blood.9 And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way of Shechem; yea, they commit lewdness.10 In the house of Israel have I seen a horrible thing: the whoredom of Ephraim is there; Israel is defiled.11 Also, for thee, Judah, is a harvest appointed, when I shall turn again the captivity of my people.

1 "来吧！ 让我们回转归向耶和华； 因为， 他虽然撕裂了我们， 但必定医治我们； 他虽然击伤了我们， 却必替我们裹伤。 2 两天以后， 他要使我们复原； 第三天， 他使我们起来， 我们就可以活在他的面前。 3 让我们认识， 竭力追求认识耶和华。他必定出现， 像晨光一样， 他必临到我们， 如雨水一般， 又像滋润大地的春雨。 4 "以法莲啊！ 我要怎样待你呢？犹大啊， 我要怎样待你呢？你们的爱心像早晨的云雾； 又像瞬即消逝的朝露。 5 因此， 我借众先知砍碎他们， 用我口中的话杀戮他们； 我的审判必如光一般发出。 6 我喜爱怜恤， 不喜爱祭祀； 我喜爱人认识 神的知识， 胜过人献的燔祭。 7 可是他们却在亚当城背约， 在那里向我行诡诈。 8 基列是作孽之人的城， 他们的脚踪染满了血渍。 9 在往示剑的路上， 祭司结党杀害人， 就像埋伏路旁的强盗； 他们行了邪恶的事。 10 在以色列家！ 我看见了可怕的事； 那里有以法莲的淫行， 以色列被玷污了。 11 犹大啊！ 我使我的子民归回的时候， 必有为你定下的一个收割时期。"