| New American Standard Bible 1995 | NET Bible |
| 1"Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us. | 1"Come on! Let's return to the LORD! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds! |
| 2"He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him. | 2He will restore us in a very short time; he will heal us in a little while, so that we may live in his presence. |
| 3"So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD. His going forth is as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth." | 3So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the LORD! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land." |
| 4What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud And like the dew which goes away early. | 4What am I going to do with you, O Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, O Judah? For your faithfulness is as fleeting as the morning mist; it disappears as quickly as dawn's dew! |
| 5Therefore I have hewn them in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth. | 5Therefore, I will certainly cut you into pieces at the hands of the prophets; I will certainly kill you in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment; for my judgment will come forth like the light of the dawn. |
| 6For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. | 6For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings. |
| 7But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me. | 7At Adam they broke the covenant; Oh how they were unfaithful to me! |
| 8Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody footprints. | 8Gilead is a city full of evildoers; its streets are stained with bloody footprints! |
| 9And as raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed crime. | 9The company of priests is like a gang of robbers, lying in ambush to pounce on a victim. They commit murder on the road to Shechem; they have done heinous crimes! |
| 10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's harlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself. | 10I have seen a disgusting thing in the temple of Israel: there Ephraim practices temple prostitution and Judah defiles itself. |
| 11Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, When I restore the fortunes of My people. | 11I have appointed a time to reap judgment for you also, O Judah! If Israel Would Repent of Sin, God Would Relent of Judgment Whenever I want to restore the fortunes of my people, |
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