Hosea 6

1 In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and let us return to the Lord:

Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

2 For he hath taken us, and he will heal us: he will strike, and he will cure us.

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

3 He will revive us after two days: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. We shall know, and we shall follow on, that we may know the Lord. His going forth is prepared as the morning light, and he will come to us as the early and the latter rain to the earth.

And let us know, let us follow on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as the morning: and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

4 What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? what shall I do to thee, O Juda? your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth away in the morning.

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 dew that goeth early away.

5 For this reason have I hewed them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments shall go forth as the light.

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.

6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.

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 have they dealt treacherously against me.

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

8 Galaad is a city of workers of idols, supplanted with blood.

Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, it is stained with blood.

9 And like the jaws of highway robbers, they conspire with the priests who murder in the way those that pass out Sichem: for they have wrought wickedness.

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

10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: the fornications of Ephraim there: Israel is defiled.

In the house of Israel I have seen an horrible thing: there whoredom is [found] in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

11 And thou also, O Juda, set thee a harvest, when I shall bring back captivity of my people.

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