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.
2. In just a short time he will restore us,so that we may live in his presence.
3. Oh, that we might know the lord!Let us press on to know him.He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawnor the coming of rains in early spring.”
4. “O Israel and Judah,what should I do with you?” asks the lord.“For your love vanishes like the morning mistand disappears like dew in the sunlight.