1. "Come, let’s return to the Lord;for it is he who has injured us and will heal us;he has struck us down, but he will bind us up.
2. After two days he will revive us;on the third day he will raise us up,so that we may live before him.
3. Let’s know, let’s press on to know the Lord;whose appearing is as certain as the dawn;who will come to us like the showers,like the spring rains that give drink to the earth."
4. Ephraim, what will I do with you?Judah, what will I do with you?Your love is like a morning cloud,like the dew that vanishes quickly.
5. Therefore, I have attacked them by the prophets,I have killed them by the words of my mouth,and my judgment goes forth like a light.