| New King James Version | English Standard Version |
| 1Come, and let us return to the LORD; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but 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 He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up, That we may 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. |
| 3Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the LORD. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to 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.” |
| 4“O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, And like the early dew it goes 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 I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And your judgments are like light that goes 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 desire 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. |
| 7“But like men they transgressed the covenant; There they dealt treacherously with Me. | 7But like Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me. |
| 8Gilead is a city of evildoers And defiled with blood. | 8Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood. |
| 9As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man, So the company of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely 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 a horrible thing in the house of Israel: There is the harlotry 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, a harvest is appointed for you, When I return the captives of My people. | 11For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed. When I restore the fortunes of my people, |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved. |
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