| 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. |
