1"Come, and let us return to Jehovah! For he hath torn, and he will heal us; He hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

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Deuteronomy 32:39, Deuteronomy 32:39, Job 5:18, Job 5:18, 1 Samuel 2:6

2After two days will he revive us, On the third day he will raise us up, And we shall live in his presence,

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2 Kings 20:5, 2 Kings 20:5, Ezekiel 37:11, Ezekiel 37:13, Ezekiel 37:11

3Let us, therefore, know him; Let us ever strive to know Jehovah, His coming forth is sure as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter rain which watereth the earth."

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Hosea 14:5, Jeremiah 24:7, Psalms 72:6, Hosea 14:5, Jeremiah 24:7

4O Ephraim, what shall I do to thee? O Judah, what shall I do to thee? For your goodness is like the morning cloud, And like the early dew, which vanisheth away.

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Hosea 13:3, Hosea 11:8, Hosea 13:3, Hosea 11:8, Psalms 78:34

5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth, And my judgments have gone forth like the light.

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Jeremiah 23:29, Jeremiah 23:29, Jeremiah 1:10, Jeremiah 1:10, Jeremiah 5:14

6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God rather than burnt-offerings.

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Matthew 9:13, Matthew 9:13, Matthew 12:7, Matthew 12:7, Proverbs 21:3

7But they, after the manner of men, have transgressed the covenant; Even therein have they dealt unfaithfully with me.

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Hosea 8:1, Hosea 5:7, Hosea 8:1, Hosea 5:7, Job 31:33

8Gilead is a city of them that do iniquity; She is full of footsteps of blood.

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Hosea 12:11, Hosea 12:11, Matthew 26:15, Matthew 26:16, 1 Kings 2:5

9As troops of robbers lying in wait for a man, so is the company of priests; They murder in the way to Shechem; Yea, they commit heinous wickedness.

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Zephaniah 3:3, Hosea 5:1, Hosea 7:1, Zephaniah 3:3, Hosea 5:1

10I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel; There Ephraim committeth fornication, Israel is polluted.

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Hosea 5:3, Hosea 5:3, Jeremiah 23:14, Jeremiah 5:30, Jeremiah 5:31

11For thee also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed.

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Joel 3:13, Joel 3:13, Jeremiah 51:33, Job 42:10, Jeremiah 51:33