Come, 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. 2  After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 3  Then 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 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. 5  Therefore 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. 6  For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 7  But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.