Come, and let us return to יהוה, for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck, and he will bind us up.

He will revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.

And let us know, let us pursue knowing יהוה; as the dawn is prepared, his going forth, and he will come as the rain to us, as the latter rain watering the earth.

What shall I do to you, Efrayim? What shall I do to you, Yehudah? For your faithfulness is like the morning cloud, and like the dew that goes away early.

Therefore I have hewn with the prophets; I have slain them with the words of my mouth, and your judgments go forth as light.

For I desire faithfulness, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of Elohim more than burnt offerings.

But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they have dealt treacherously with me.

Gil'ad is a city of workers of iniquity, stained with blood.

And as a troop of robbers waits for a man, so the company of priests murders; they commit slaughter on the way to Shechem; for they have done wickedness.

In the house of Yisra'el I have seen a horrible thing; there is lewdness in Efrayim; Yisra'el is defiled.

Also, Yehudah, he has set a harvest for you, when I restore the captivity of my people.