| New King James Version | New International 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. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds. |
| 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 restore us, that we may live in his presence. |
| 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 acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like 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. | 4"What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears. |
| 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 cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth-- then my judgments go forth like the sun. |
| 6For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. | 6For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings. |
| 7“But like men they transgressed the covenant; There they dealt treacherously with Me. | 7As at Adam, they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there. |
| 8Gilead is a city of evildoers And defiled with blood. | 8Gilead is a city of evildoers, stained with footprints of 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 marauders lie in ambush for a victim, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, carrying out their wicked schemes. |
| 10I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: There is the harlotry of Ephraim; Israel is defiled. | 10I have seen a horrible thing in Israel: There Ephraim is given to prostitution, Israel is defiled. |
| 11Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you, When I return the captives of My people. | 11"Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed. "Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people, |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. |
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