Hosea 6

1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

Come, and let us return to Jehovah, for he has torn, and he will heal us. He has smitten, and he will bind us up.

2 After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.

3 So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah. His going forth is sure as the morning, and he will come to us as the rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth.

4 What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

O Ephraim, what shall I do to thee? O Judah, what shall I do to thee? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goes away early.

5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.

Therefore I have hewed them by the prophets. I have slain them by the words of my mouth. And thy judgments are as the light that goes forth.

6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

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

7 But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant. There they have dealt treacherously against me.

8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.

Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood.

9 Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem. Yea, they have committed iniquity.

10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.

I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel. Whoredom is there in Ephraim; Israel is defiled.

11 Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.

Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee when I bring back the captivity of my people.