| King James Bible | English Standard Version |
| 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. | 1“Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, 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. | 2After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. |
| 3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. | 3Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.” |
| 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. | 4What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away. |
| 5Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. | 5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light. |
| 6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. | 6For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. |
| 7But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. | 7But like Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me. |
| 8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. | 8Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood. |
| 9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. | 9As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to Shechem; they commit villainy. |
| 10I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. | 10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim’s whoredom is there; Israel is defiled. |
| 11Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people. | 11For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed. When I restore the fortunes of my people, |
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