61 " Come , let us return to the Lord . For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us. 2 "He will revive us after two days ; He will raise us up on the third day , That we may live before Him. 3 "So let us know , let us press on to know the Lord . His going forth is as certain as the dawn ; And He will come to us like the rain , Like the spring rain watering the earth ."
4 What shall I do with you, O Ephraim ? What shall I do with you, O Judah ? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud And like the dew which goes away early . 5 Therefore e I have hewn them in pieces by the prophets ; I have slain them by the words of My mouth ; And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth . 6 For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice , And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings . 7 But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant ; There they have dealt treacherously against Me. 8 Gilead is a city of wrongdoers , Tracked with bloody footprints. 9 And as raiders wait for a man , So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem ; Surely they have committed crime . 10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing ; Ephraim's harlotry is there , Israel has defiled itself. 11 Also , O Judah , there is a harvest appointed for you, When I restore the fortunes of My people .
