¹“Come, let’s return to the LORD ;

²After two days he will revive us;

³Let’s know, let’s press on to know the LORD ;

Infidelity and divine retribution

⁴Ephraim, what will I do with you?

Your love is like a morning cloud,

⁵Therefore, I have attacked them by the prophets,

⁶I desire faithful love and not sacrifice,

⁷But like Adam they broke the covenant;[#6.7 Or at Adam]

⁸Gilead is a city of wicked people,

⁹As robbers lie in wait for someone,

¹⁰In the house of Israel I have seen something horrible;

¹¹For you also, Judah, a harvest is appointed,