1 Exhortations to repent and hope in God.
4 A lamentation over those who had sinned after conviction.
5 Reproofs of obstinate sinners, and threatenings against them.

and let. 5:15 14:1 Isa 2:3 55:7 Jer 3:22 50:4 La 3:40,41 Zep 2:1

he hath torn. 5:12-14 13:7-9 De 32:39 1Sa 2:6 Job 5:18 34:29 Ps 30:7 Isa 30:22 Jer 30:12 33:5 La 3:32,33

2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

two. 13:14 2Ki 20:5 Ps 30:4 Isa 26:19 Eze 37:11-13 1Co 15:4

we. Ge 17:18 Ps 61:7 Joh 14:19 Ro 14:8

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.

we know. 2:20 Isa 54:13 Jer 24:7 Mic 4:2 Joh 17:3

if. Pr 2:1-5 Mt 13:11 Joh 7:17 Ac 17:11 Php 3:13-15 Heb 3:14

his going. 2Sa 23:4 Ps 19:4 Pr 4:18 Mal 4:2 Lu 1:78 2Pe 1:19 Re 22:16

as the rain. 10:12 14:5 De 32:2 Job 29:23 Ps 65:9 72:6 Isa 5:6 32:15 44:3 Eze 36:25 Joe 2:23,24 Mic 5:7 Zec 10:1

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.

what. 11:8 Isa 5:3,4 Jer 3:19 5:7,9,23 9:7 Lu 13:7-9 19:41,42

for. Jud 2:18,19 Ps 78:34-37 106:12,13 Jer 3:10 34:15 Mt 13:21 2Pe 2:20-22

goodness. or, mercy, or, kindness. as a. 13:3

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.

have I. 1Sa 13:13 15:22 1Ki 14:6 17:1 18:17 2Ki 1:16 2Ch 21:12 Isa 58:1 Jer 1:10,18 5:14 13:13 Eze 3:9 43:3 Ac 7:31

I have. 1Ki 19:17 Isa 11:4 Jer 23:29 Heb 4:12 Re 1:16 2:16 9:15,21

and thy judgments are as. or, that thy judgments might be as, etc. Ge 18:25 Job 34:10 Ps 37:6 119:120 Zep 3:5 Ro 2:5

6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

I desired. 1Sa 15:22 Ps 50:8 Pr 21:3 Ec 5:1 Isa 1:11 58:6 Jer 7:22 Da 4:27 Am 5:21 Mic 6:6 Mt 5:7 9:13 12:7

the. 4:1 1Ch 28:9 Jer 22:16 1Jo 2:3 3:6

7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

men. or, Adam. Ge 3:6,11 Job 31:33

transgressed. 8:1 2Ki 17:15 Isa 24:5 Jer 31:32 Eze 16:59-61 Heb 8:9

they dealt. 5:7 Isa 24:16 48:8 Jer 3:7 5:11 9:6

8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.

Gilead. 12:11 Jos 21:38

polluted with blood. or, cunning for blood. 5:1 2Sa 3:27 20:8 1Ki 2:5 Ps 10:8 59:2 Isa 59:6 Jer 11:19 Mic 7:2 Mt 26:15,16 Ac 23:12-15 25:3

9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

as troops. 7:1 Ezr 8:31 Job 1:15-17 Pr 1:11-19

so. 5:1 Jer 11:9 Eze 22:27 Mic 3:9 Zep 3:3 Mr 14:1 Lu 22:2-6 Joh 11:47 Ac 4:24

by consent. Heb. with one shoulder, or, to Shechem. 1Ki 12:25

lewdness. or, enormity.

10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

Jer 2:12,13 5:30,31 18:13 23:14

there. 4:11,17 5:3 1Ki 12:8 15:30 2Ki 17:7 Jer 3:6 Eze 23:5

11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

he hath. Jer 51:33 Joe 3:13 Mic 4:12 Re 14:15

when. Job 42:10 Ps 126:1 Zep 2:7