Hosea 6

Come and ^alet us return unto the Lord:

For ^bhe hath ^ctorn, and ^bdhe will heal us;

He hath smitten, and ^ehe will bind us up.

²After two days will ^fhe revive us:

^gIn the third day he will raise us up,

And we shall live in his sight.

^3hThen shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord:

ⁱHis going forth is prepared ^jas the morning;

And ^khe shall come unto us as the rain.

As ^lmthe latter and ^lformer rain unto the earth.

⁴ⁿO Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee?

ⁿO Judah, what shall I do unto thee?

For your goodness is ^oas a morning cloud,

^oAnd as the early dew it goeth away.

⁵Therefore have I hewed them ^pby the prophets;

I have slain them ^qby the words of my mouth:

And thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.

⁶For ^rI desired mercy, and ^rsnot sacrifice;

And ^tthe knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

⁷But they like men ^uhave transgressed the covenant:

There ^vhave they dealt treacherously against me.

^8wGilead is a city of them that work iniquity,

And is polluted with blood.

⁹And as ^ytroops of robbers wait for a man,

^zSo ^athe company of priests murder in the way by consent:

For ^dthey commit lewdness.

¹⁰I have seen ^ea horrible thing in the house of Israel:

^fThere is the whoredom of Ephraim, ^fIsrael is defiled.

¹¹Also, O Judah, ^ghe hath set a harvest for thee,

^hWhen I returned the captivity of my people.

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