1"Come, and let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us to pieces,
2After two days he will revive us.
3Let us acknowledge the LORD.
4"Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
5Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets;
6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;
7But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant.
8Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity;
9As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man,
10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing.
11"Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you,