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 the LORD; 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, that we may live in His presence.

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, eagerly strive 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 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 early passeth 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 judgment goeth forth as the light.

6 For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

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

7 And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against Me.

But they like men 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 covered with footprints of 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 doth the company of priests; they murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they commit enormity.

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 harlotry 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 would turn the captivity of My people,