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 up our wounds.
2 He revives us after two days, In the third day He raises us up, And we live before Him.
He will revive us after two days: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall 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 feel it, that we may strive to know the Lord; bright as the morning-dawn is his rising; and he will come as the rain unto us, as the latter rain that maketh fruitful 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.
What shall I do unto thee, O Ephraim? what shall I do unto thee, O Judah? for your piety is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that 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 did I hew [them] down by means of the prophets; I slew them by the words of my mouth: and thy punishments go forth like the light.
6 For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.
For piety I desired, 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 an ordinary man, have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8 Gilead [is] a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood.
Gil'ad is become a city of workers of wickedness, is full of traces 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 that lie in wait for a man, so is the band of priests, they murder on the way in unison; for they commit scandalous deeds.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There [is] the whoredom of Ephraim—Israel is defiled.
On the house of Israel have I seen a horrible thing: there is lewdness in Ephraim, Israel is become defiled.
11 Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed to you, In My turning back [to] the captivity of My people!”
Also for thee, O Judah, will a harvest be prepared, when I bring back the captivity of my people.
