1 Israel Chastised “Come, let us return to Yahweh.For He has tornus, but He will heal us;He has struckus, but He will bandage us.
2 “He will make us alive after two days;He will raise us up on the third day,That we may live before Him.
3 “So let us know, let us pursue to know Yahweh.His going forth is established as the dawn;And He will come to us like the rain,Like the 6:3Spring late rain watering the earth.”
4 ¶What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?What shall I do with you, O Judah?For your lovingkindness is like a morning cloudAnd like the dew which goes away early.
5 Therefore I have hewnthemin pieces by the prophets;I have killed them by the words of My mouth;And the judgments on you arelikethe light that goes forth.
6 For I delight in lovingkindness rather than sacrifice,And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 But like 6:7 Or men Adam they have trespassed against the covenant;There they have dealt treacherously against Me.
8 Gilead is a city of workers of iniquity,With a track of blood.
9 And as raiders wait for a man,Soa band of priests murder on the way to Shechem;Surely they have committed lewdness.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen an appalling thing;Ephraim’s harlotry is there; Israel has defiled itself.
11 Also, O Judah, there is a harvest set for youWhen I restore the fortunes of My people,