< Hosea 6 >
1 “Come, and we turn back to YHWH, For He has torn, and He heals us, He strikes, and He binds us up.
Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2 He revives us after two days, In the third day He raises us up, And we live before Him.
After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.
3 And we know—we pursue to know YHWH, His going forth is prepared as the dawn, And He comes in as a shower to us, As spring rain [and] autumn rain to 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 unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
4 “What do I do to you, O Ephraim? What do I do to you, O Judah? Your goodness [is] as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early—going.
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 Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments go forth to 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 kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.
For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
7 And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against Me.
But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8 Gilead [is] a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood.
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
9 And as bands wait for a man, A company of priests murder—the way to Shechem, For they have done 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 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There [is] the whoredom of Ephraim—Israel is defiled.
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is [found] in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11 Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed to you, In My turning back [to] the captivity of My people!”
Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.