Hosea 6

1 to go: come! and to return: return to(wards) LORD for he/she/it to tear and to heal us to smite and to saddle/tie us

“Come on! Let's go back to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces, but now he will heal us. He has struck us down, but now he will bind up our wounds.

2 to live us from day in/on/with day [the] third to arise: raise us and to live to/for face: before his

In two days he will heal us; after three days he will raise us up so we can live in his presence.

3 and to know to pursue to/for to know [obj] LORD like/as dawn to establish: establish exit his and to come (in): come like/as rain to/for us like/as spring rain to shoot land: soil

Let's get to know the Lord, really strive to know him, and he will appear to us as surely as the sun will rise; he will come to us as certainly as the spring rains fall on the earth.”

4 what? to make: do to/for you Ephraim what? to make: do to/for you Judah and kindness your like/as cloud morning and like/as dew to rise to go: went

Ephraim, what shall I do with you? Judah, what shall I do with you? Your love disappears like mist at dawn; it vanishes like dew in the morning.

5 upon so to hew in/on/with prophet to kill them in/on/with word lip my and justice: judgement your light to come out: come

So I cut you down through the prophets; I killed you with my words. My judgment shines out like a light.

6 for kindness to delight in and not sacrifice and knowledge God from burnt offering

I want your true love, not your sacrifices; I want you to know me, not your burnt offerings.

7 and they(masc.) like/as Adam to pass: trespass covenant there to act treacherously in/on/with me

But you, just like Adam, broke our agreement, there you were unfaithful to me.

8 Gilead town to work evil: wickedness insidious from blood

Gilead is a city of evil people where footprints are tracked in blood.

9 and like/as to wait man band fellow priest way: road to murder Shechem [to] for wickedness to make

Priests are like a gang of bandits, lying in wait to ambush travelers on the road. They commit murder in Shechem, carrying out wicked crimes.

10 in/on/with house: household Israel to see: see (horror *Q(k)*) there fornication to/for Ephraim to defile Israel

I have seen in the house of Israel something totally disgusting: Ephraim engages in prostitution and Israel is sexually corrupt.

11 also Judah to set: appoint harvest to/for you in/on/with to return: rescue I captivity people my

And as for you, Judah, your harvest-time has been set! When I restore the fortunes of my people,