| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 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. | 1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, 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 will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. |
| 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. | 3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto 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. | 4O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth 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 have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. |
| 6For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. | 6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. |
| 7“But like men they transgressed the covenant; There they dealt treacherously with Me. | 7But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. |
| 8Gilead is a city of evildoers And defiled with blood. | 8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted 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. | 9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. |
| 10I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: There is the harlotry of Ephraim; Israel is defiled. | 10I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. |
| 11Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you, When I return the captives of My people. | 11Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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