1“Come, let us return to Yahweh, for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck, and he will bind us up.
2After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
3So let us know, let us press on to know Yahweh; his going forth is as sure as the dawn, and he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.
4What shall I do with you, Ephraim? What shall I do with you, Judah? Your loyal love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes away early.
5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth, and your judgments go forth as the light.
6For I desire loyal love and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they dealt treacherously with me.
8Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.
9As troops lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder on the way to Shechem; indeed, they have committed depravity.
10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there is Ephraim’s whoredom; Israel is defiled.
11Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore the fortunes of my people.
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