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 to 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 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.”

Let us, therefore, know him; Let us ever strive to know Jehovah, His coming forth is sure as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter rain which 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 to thee? O Judah, what shall I do to thee? For your goodness is like the morning cloud, And like the early dew, which vanisheth 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 I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth, And my judgments have gone forth like the light.

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

For I desired 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, after the manner of men, have transgressed the covenant; Even therein have they dealt unfaithfully with me.

8 Gilead [is] a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood.

Gilead is a city of them that do iniquity; She is full of footsteps of blood.

9 And as bands wait for a man, A company of priests murder—the way to Shechem, For they have done wickedness.

As troops of robbers lying in wait for a man, so is the company of priests; They murder in the way to Shechem; Yea, they commit heinous wickedness.

10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There [is] the whoredom of Ephraim—Israel is defiled.

I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel; There Ephraim committeth fornication, Israel is polluted.

11 Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed to you, In My turning back [to] the captivity of My people!”

For thee also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed.