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¹ "Come, let us ^(a)return to the Lord;
    for ^(b)he has torn us, that he may heal us;
    he has struck us down, and ^(c)he will bind us up.
² After two days ^(d)he will revive us;
    on the third day he will raise us up,
    that we may live before him.
^3 (e)Let us know; ^(f)let us press on to know the Lord;
    ^(g)his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us ^(h)as the showers,
    ⁽ⁱ⁾as the spring rains that water the earth."

⁴ What shall I do with you, ^(j)O ^(k)Ephraim?
    What shall I do with you, O ^(l)Judah?
Your love is ^(m)like a morning cloud,
    ⁽ⁿ⁾like the dew that goes early away.
⁵ Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
    I have slain them ^(o)by the words of my mouth,
    and my judgment goes forth as the light.
⁶ For ^(p)I desire steadfast love^[a] and not sacrifice,
    ^(q)the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

⁷ But ^(r)like Adam they ^(s)transgressed the covenant;
    ^(t)there they dealt faithlessly with me.
^8 (u)Gilead is a city of evildoers,
    ^(v)tracked with blood.
⁹ As robbers ^(w)lie in wait for a man,
    so the priests band together;
they murder on the way to ^(x)Shechem;
    they commit villainy.
¹⁰ In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;
    ^(y)Ephraim's whoredom is there; ^(z)Israel is defiled.

¹¹ For you also, O ^(aa)Judah, ^(ab)a harvest is appointed.

When ^(ac)I restore the fortunes of my people,