Come, and let us return
unto the LORD
: for he hath torn
, and he will heal
us; he hath smitten
, and he will bind us up
.
After two days will he revive
us: in the third
day
he will raise us up
, and we shall live
in his sight
.
Then shall we know, if we follow
on to know
the LORD
: his going forth
is prepared
as the morning
; and he shall come
unto us as the rain
, as the latter
and former rain
unto the earth
.
O Ephraim, what shall I do
unto thee? O Judah
, what shall I do
unto thee? for your goodness
is as a morning
cloud
, and as the early
dew
it goeth away
.
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
.
For I desired mercy
, and not sacrifice
; and the knowledge
of God
more than burnt offerings
.
But they like men have transgressed
the covenant
: there have they dealt treacherously
against me.
Gilead is a city
of them that work
iniquity
, and is polluted
with blood
.
And as troops of robbers wait
for a man
, so the company
of priests
murder
in the way
by consent
: for they commit
lewdness
.
I have seen an horrible thing
in the house
of Israel
: there is the whoredom
of Ephraim
, Israel
is defiled
.
Also, O Judah, he hath set
an harvest
for thee, when I returned
the captivity
of my people
.