6 “Come, let us return to the LORD. 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! or the coming of rains in early spring.” 4 “O Israel and Judah, and disappears like dew in the sunlight. 5 I sent my prophets to cut you to pieces— with judgments as inescapable as light. 6 I want you to show love, more than I want burnt offerings. 7 But like Adam, you broke my covenant and betrayed my trust. 8 “Gilead is a city of sinners, tracked with footprints of blood. 9 Priests form bands of robbers, and practice every kind of sin. 10 Yes, I have seen something horrible in Ephraim and Israel: My people are defiled by prostituting themselves with other gods! 11 “O Judah, a harvest of punishment is also waiting for you, though I wanted to restore the fortunes of my people.

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