1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
3Kemudian kita akan tahu, jika kita terus menyusul untuk mengenal TUHAN: Pemergiannya bersiap seperti pagi; dan dia akan datang kepada kita seperti hujan, seperti hujan akhir dan hujan awal kepada bumi.
4O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.goodness: or, mercy, or, kindness
5Maka aku telah memotong mereka melalui para nabi; aku telah membunuh mereka melalui perkataan-perkataan mulutku: dan penghakiman-penghakimanmu adalah seperti cahaya yang terpancar maju.
6Sebab aku mengingini belas kasihan, dan bukan korban; dan mengingini pengetahuan Allah lebih daripada persembahan-persembahan bakaran.
7But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.men: or, Adam
8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.polluted: or, cunning for
9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.by�: Heb. with one shoulder, or, to Shechemlewdness: or, enormity
10I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.