1 "Come! Let’s return to Yahweh;

for he has torn us to pieces,

and he will heal us;

he has injured us,

and he will bind up our wounds.

2 After two days he will revive us.

On the third day he will raise us up,

and we will live before him.

3 Let’s acknowledge Yahweh.

Let’s press on to know Yahweh.

As surely as the sun rises,

Yahweh will appear.

He will come to us like the rain,

like the spring rain that waters the earth."

4 "Ephraim, what shall I do to you?

Judah, what shall I do to you?

For your love is like a morning cloud,

and like the dew that disappears early.

5 Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets;

I killed them with the words of my mouth.

Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.

6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;

and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

7 But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant.

They were unfaithful to me there.

8 Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity;

it is stained with blood.

9 As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man,

so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem,

committing shameful crimes.

10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing.

There is prostitution in Ephraim.

Israel is defiled.

11 "Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you,

when I restore the fortunes of my people.

1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD; for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up.

2 After two days he shall give us life: in the third day he will resurrect us, and we shall live in his sight.

3 And we shall know and follow on in knowing the LORD; his going forth is prepared as the dawn; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.

4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? Your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes away.

5 Therefore I have hewed [them]by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: that thy righteousness [be] as the light [that] goes forth.

6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

7 But they have transposed the covenant as of men: there they have rebelled against me.

8 Gilead [is] a city of those that work iniquity [and is] polluted with blood.

9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, [so] the council of priests murder in the way by common accord; for they put the abomination into effect.

10 I saw uncleanness in the house of Israel: there Ephraim played the harlot, Israel defiled herself.

11 Also, Judah placed [a] plant in thee when I had turned the captivity of my people.: