[1] "Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn, that he may heal us;
he has stricken, and he will bind us up. [2] After two days he will revive
us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. [3]
Let us know, let us press on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as
the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water
the earth." [4] What shall I do with you, O E'phraim? What shall I do with
you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes
early away. [5] Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain
them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light. [6]
For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God, rather
than burnt offerings. [7] But at Adam they transgressed the covenant; there
they dealt faithlessly with me. [8] Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked
with blood. [9] As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests are banded
together; they murder on the way to Shechem, yea, they commit villainy.
[10] In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; E'phraim's
harlotry is there, Israel is defiled. [11] For you also, O Judah, a harvest
is appointed. When I would restore the fortunes of my people,
