CLV(i)
1 Go, and we will return to Yahweh, our Elohim, for He tore to pieces, and He will heal us:He was smiting, and He will bind us up."
2 He will make us alive after two days:In the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live before Him."
3 And we shall know--we shall pursue to know Yahweh; as the dawn is prepared we shall find Him, and He will come to us as a downpour, as the latter rain and the former rain of the land."
4 What shall I do to you, Ephraim? What shall I do to you, Judah? When your kindness is as a cloud of the morning, and as the early going night mist."
5 Therefore I hew among your prophets; I kill them by the sayings of My mouth, when My judgments are as light faring forth."
6 For I desire kindness, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of Elohim rather than ascent approaches."
7 Yet they, as a human, trespass against the covenant; there they are treacherous against Me."
8 Gilead is a town of contrivers of lawlessness; it is circumvented with blood.
9 And as raiding parties tarry for a man, the priests are hiding in the way. They are murdering, toward Shechem, for they make mischief"
10 in the house of Israel. I see a horrible thing there:The prostitution of Ephraim; Israel is defiled.
11 Moreover, Judah, a harvest is set for you. In My reversal of the captivity of My people,