[1]ComeH3212[H8798],and let us returnH7725[H8799]unto the LORDH3068: for he hath tornH2963[H8804], and he will healH7495[H8799]us; he hath smittenH5221[H8686], and he will bind us upH2280.[H8799][2]After two daysH3117will he reviveH2421[H8762]us: in the thirdH7992dayH3117he will raise us upH6965[H8686], and we shall liveH2421[H8799]in his sightH6440.[3]Then shall we knowH3045[H8799],if we followH7291[H8799]on to knowH3045[H8800]the LORDH3068: his going forthH4161is preparedH3559[H8737]as the morningH7837; and he shall comeH935[H8799]unto us as the rainH1653, as the latterH4456and former rainH3384[H8802]unto the earthH776.[4]O EphraimH669,what shall I doH6213[H8799]unto thee? O JudahH3063, what shall I doH6213[H8799]unto thee? for your goodnessH2617is as a morningH1242cloudH6051, and as the earlyH7925[H8688]dewH2919it goeth awayH1980.[H8802][5]Therefore have I hewedH2672[H8804]them by the prophetsH5030; I have slainH2026[H8804]them by the wordsH561of my mouthH6310: and thy judgmentsH4941are as the lightH216that goeth forthH3318.[H8799][6]For I desiredH2654[H8804]mercyH2617, and not sacrificeH2077; and the knowledgeH1847of GodH430more than burnt offeringsH5930.[7]But they like menH120have transgressedH5674[H8804]the covenantH1285: there have they dealt treacherouslyH898against meH8804.[8]GileadH1568is a cityH7151of them that workH6466[H8802]iniquityH205, and is pollutedH6121with bloodH1818.[9]And as troopsH1416of robbers waitH2442[H8763]for a manH376, so the companyH2267of priestsH3548murderH7523[H8762]in the wayH1870by consentH7926[H8677][H7927]: for they commitH6213[H8804]lewdnessH2154.[10]I have seenH7200[H8804]an horrible thingH8186in the houseH1004of IsraelH3478: there is the whoredomH2184of EphraimH669, IsraelH3478is defiledH2930.[H8738][11]Also, O JudahH3063,he hath setH7896[H8804]an harvestH7105for thee, when I returnedH7725[H8800]the captivityH7622of my peopleH5971.