1Come[H3212], and let us return[H7725] unto the LORD[H3068]: for he hath torn[H2963], and he will heal[H7495] us; he hath smitten[H5221], and he will bind us up[H2280].
2
After two days[H3117] will he revive[H2421] us: in the third[H7992]day[H3117] he will raise us up[H6965], and we shall live[H2421] in his sight[H6440].
3
Then shall we know[H3045], if we follow[H7291] on to know[H3045] the LORD[H3068]: his going forth[H4161] is prepared[H3559] as the morning[H7837]; and he shall come[H935] unto us as the rain[H1653], as the latter[H4456] and former rain[H3384] unto the earth[H776].
4
O Ephraim[H669], what shall I do[H6213] unto thee? O Judah[H3063], what shall I do[H6213] unto thee? for your goodness[H2617] is as a morning[H1242]cloud[H6051], and as the early[H7925]dew[H2919] it goeth away[H1980].
5
Therefore have I hewed[H2672] them by the prophets[H5030]; I have slain[H2026] them by the words[H561] of my mouth[H6310]: and thy judgments[H4941] are as the light[H216] that goeth forth[H3318].
6
For I desired[H2654]mercy[H2617], and not sacrifice[H2077]; and the knowledge[H1847] of God[H430] more than burnt offerings[H5930].
7
But they like men[H120] have transgressed[H5674] the covenant[H1285]: there have they dealt treacherously[H898] against me.
8Gilead[H1568] is a city[H7151] of them that work[H6466]iniquity[H205], and is polluted[H6121] with blood[H1818].
9
And as troops[H1416] of robbers wait[H2442] for a man[H376], so the company[H2267] of priests[H3548]murder[H7523] in the way[H1870] by consent[H7926]: for they commit[H6213]lewdness[H2154].
10
I have seen[H7200] an horrible thing[H8186] in the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]: there is the whoredom[H2184] of Ephraim[H669], Israel[H3478] is defiled[H2930].
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Also, O Judah[H3063], he hath set[H7896] an harvest[H7105] for thee, when I returned[H7725] the captivity[H7622] of my people[H5971].