Hosea 6:1–11
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.
Impenitence of Israel and Judah
4 “O Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
O Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
And like the early dew it goes away.
5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets,
I have slain them by ithe words of My mouth;
And 2your judgments are like light that goes forth.
6 For I desire jmercy 3and knot sacrifice,
And the lknowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 “But like 4men they transgressed the covenant;
There they dealt treacherously with Me.
8 mGilead is a city of evildoers
And 5defiled with blood.
9 As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man,
So the company of npriests omurder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they commit plewdness.
10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel:
There is the 6harlotry of Ephraim;
Israel is defiled.
11 Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you,
When I return the captives of My people.