| English Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 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. | 1“Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces; now he will heal us. He has injured us; now he will bandage our wounds. |
| 2After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. | 2In just a short time he will restore us, so that we may live in his presence. |
| 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.” | 3Oh, that we might know the LORD! Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.” |
| 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. | 4“O Israel and Judah, what should I do with you?” asks the LORD. “For your love vanishes like the morning mist and disappears like dew in the sunlight. |
| 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. | 5I sent my prophets to cut you to pieces— to slaughter you with my words, with judgments as inescapable as light. |
| 6For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. | 6I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings. |
| 7But like Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me. | 7But like Adam, you broke my covenant and betrayed my trust. |
| 8Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood. | 8“Gilead is a city of sinners, tracked with footprints of blood. |
| 9As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to Shechem; they commit villainy. | 9Priests form bands of robbers, waiting in ambush for their victims. They murder travelers along the road to Shechem and practice every kind of sin. |
| 10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim’s whoredom is there; Israel is defiled. | 10Yes, I have seen something horrible in Ephraim and Israel: My people are defiled by prostituting themselves with other gods! |
| 11For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed. When I restore the fortunes of my people, | 11“O Judah, a harvest of punishment is also waiting for you, though I wanted to restore the fortunes of my people. |
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