1
 
לְכוּ֙
and let us return
וְנָשׁ֣וּבָה
 
אֶל
unto the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה
 
כִּ֛י
 
ה֥וּא
for he hath torn
טָרָ֖ף
and he will heal
וְיִרְפָּאֵ֑נוּ
us he hath smitten
יַ֖ךְ
and he will bind us up
וְיַחְבְּשֵֽׁנוּ׃
2
and we shall live
וְנִחְיֶ֥ה
After two days
בַּיּוֹם֙
After two days
בַּיּוֹם֙
us in the third
הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י
he will raise us up
יְקִמֵ֖נוּ
and we shall live
וְנִחְיֶ֥ה
in his sight
לְפָנָֽיו׃
3
Then shall we know
לָדַ֙עַת֙
if we follow
נִרְדְּפָ֗ה
Then shall we know
לָדַ֙עַת֙
 
אֶת
the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה
as the morning
כְּשַׁ֖חַר
is prepared
נָכ֣וֹן
his going forth
מֹֽצָא֑וֹ
and he shall come
וְיָב֤וֹא
unto us as the rain
כַגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙
 
לָ֔נוּ
as the latter
כְּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ
 
י֥וֹרֶה
unto the earth
אָֽרֶץ׃
4
 
מָ֤ה
what shall I do
אֶעֱשֶׂה
 
לְּךָ֙
O Ephraim
אֶפְרַ֔יִם
 
מָ֥ה
what shall I do
אֶעֱשֶׂה
 
לְּךָ֖
unto thee O Judah
יְהוּדָ֑ה
unto thee for your goodness
וְחַסְדְּכֶם֙
cloud
כַּֽעֲנַן
is as a morning
בֹּ֔קֶר
dew
וְכַטַּ֖ל
and as the early
מַשְׁכִּ֥ים
it goeth away
הֹלֵֽךְ׃
5
 
עַל
 
כֵּ֗ן
Therefore have I hewed
חָצַ֙בְתִּי֙
them by the prophets
בַּנְּבִיאִ֔ים
I have slain
הֲרַגְתִּ֖ים
them by the words
בְּאִמְרֵי
of my mouth
פִ֑י
and thy judgments
וּמִשְׁפָּטֶ֖יךָ
are as the light
א֥וֹר
that goeth forth
יֵצֵֽא׃
6
 
כִּ֛י
mercy
חֶ֥סֶד
For I desired
חָפַ֖צְתִּי
 
וְלֹא
and not sacrifice
זָ֑בַח
and the knowledge
וְדַ֥עַת
of God
אֱלֹהִ֖ים
more than burnt offerings
מֵעֹלֽוֹת׃
7
 
וְהֵ֕מָּה
But they like men
כְּאָדָ֖ם
have transgressed
עָבְר֣וּ
the covenant
בְרִ֑ית
 
שָׁ֖ם
there have they dealt treacherously
בָּ֥גְדוּ
 
בִֽי׃
8
Gilead
גִּלְעָ֕ד
is a city
קִרְיַ֖ת
of them that work
פֹּ֣עֲלֵי
iniquity
אָ֑וֶן
and is polluted
עֲקֻבָּ֖ה
with blood
מִדָּֽם׃
9
of robbers wait
וּכְחַכֵּ֨י
for a man
אִ֜ישׁ
And as troops
גְּדוּדִ֗ים
so the company
חֶ֚בֶר
of priests
כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים
in the way
דֶּ֖רֶךְ
murder
יְרַצְּחוּ
by consent
שֶׁ֑כְמָה
 
כִּ֥י
lewdness
זִמָּ֖ה
for they commit
עָשֽׂוּ׃
10
in the house
בְּבֵית֙
Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
I have seen
רָאִ֖יתִי
an horrible thing
שַׁעֲרֽיּרִיָּ֑ה
 
שָׁ֚ם
there is the whoredom
זְנ֣וּת
of Ephraim
לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם
is defiled
נִטְמָ֖א
Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
11
 
גַּם
Also O Judah
יְהוּדָ֕ה
he hath set
שָׁ֥ת
an harvest
קָצִ֖יר
 
לָ֑ךְ
for thee when I returned
בְּשׁוּבִ֖י
the captivity
שְׁב֥וּת
of my people
עַמִּֽי׃