Hosea 5:13–6:3

13 “When Ephraim saw his sickness,

And Judah saw his pwound,

Then Ephraim went qto Assyria

And sent to King Jareb;

Yet he cannot cure you,

Nor heal you of your wound.

14 For rI will be like a lion to Ephraim,

And like a young lion to the house of Judah.

sI, even I, will tear them and go away;

I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.

15 I will return again to My place

Till they 4acknowledge their offense.

Then they will seek My face;

In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

A Call to Repentance

6 Come, aand let us return to the Lord;

For bHe has torn, but cHe will heal us;

He has stricken, but He will 1bind us up.

2 dAfter two days He will revive us;

On the third day He will raise us up,

That we may live in His sight.

3 eLet us know,

Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.

His going forth is established fas the morning;

gHe will come to us hlike the rain,

Like the latter and former rain to the earth.