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.