6Come, and alet us return unto the Lord: For bhe hath ctorn, and bdhe will heal us; He hath smitten, and ehe will bind us up. 2 After two days will fhe revive us: gIn the third day he will raise us up, And we shall live in his sight. 3 hThen shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: iHis going forth is prepared jas the morning; And khe shall come unto us as the rain, As lmthe latter and lformer rain unto the earth.

4 nO Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? nO Judah, what shall I do unto thee? For your ||goodness is oas a morning cloud, oAnd as the early dew it goeth away. 5 Therefore have I hewed them pby the prophets; I have slain them qby the words of my mouth: ||And thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. 6 For rI desired mercy, and rsnot sacrifice; And tthe knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 7 But they ||like men uhave transgressed the covenant: There vhave they dealt treacherously against me. 8 wGilead is a city of them that work iniquity, And is ||polluted with blood. 9 And as ytroops of robbers wait for a man, zSo athe company of priests murder in the way †by consent: For dthey commit ||lewdness. 10 I have seen ean horrible thing in the house of Israel: fThere is the whoredom of Ephraim, fIsrael is defiled. 11 Also, O Judah, ghe hath set an harvest for thee, hWhen I returned the captivity of my people.