1 Come, and let us return unto the
2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
3 Then shall we know,
4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness
5 Therefore have I hewed
6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8 Gilead
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man,
10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there
11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.