" aCome, let us return
to the LORD
. For bHe has torn
us, but cHe will heal
us; He has 1wounded
us, but He will dbandage
us.
"He will arevive us after
two days
; He will braise
us up on the third
day
, That we may live
before
Him.
"So let us aknow, let us press
on to know
the LORD
. His bgoing
forth
is as certain
as the dawn
; And He will come
to us like the crain
, Like the spring
rain
watering
the earth
."
What shall I do
with you, O aEphraim
? What
shall I do
with you, O Judah
? For your 1loyalty
is like a bmorning
cloud
And like the dew
which goes
away early
.
Therefore I have ahewn
them in pieces
by the prophets
; I have slain
them by the bwords
of My mouth
; And the judgments
on you are like the light
that goes
forth
.
For aI delight in loyalty
brather
than
sacrifice
, And in the knowledge
of God
rather
than
burnt
offerings
.
But alike 1Adam they have btransgressed
the covenant
; There
they have cdealt
treacherously
against Me.
aGilead is a city
of wrongdoers
, Tracked
with bbloody
footprints.
And as araiders wait
for a man
, So a band
of priests
bmurder
on the way
to Shechem
; Surely
they have committed
1 ccrime
.
In the house of Israel
I have seen
a ahorrible
thing
; Ephraim's
bharlotry
is there
, Israel
has defiled
itself.
Also, O Judah
, there is a aharvest
appointed for you, When I brestore
the fortunes
of My people
.