Hosea 6

1 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

Come, and let us return to Jehovah, for he has torn, and he will heal us. He has smitten, and he will bind us up.

2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day will he raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.

3 Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he will come to us as the rain, as the latter [and] former 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 to us as the rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth.

4 O Ephraim, what shall I do to thee? O Judah, what shall I do to thee? for your goodness [is] as the morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

O Ephraim, what shall I do to thee? O Judah, what shall I do to thee? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goes away early.

5 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.

Therefore I have hewed them by the prophets. I have slain them by the words of my mouth. And thy judgments are as the light that goes forth.

6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

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

7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant. There they have dealt treacherously against me.

8 Gilead [is] a city of them that work iniquity, [and is] polluted with blood.

Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood.

9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, [so] the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem. Yea, they have committed iniquity.

10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: there [is] the prostitution of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel. Whoredom is there in Ephraim; Israel is defiled.

11 Also, O Judah, he hath set a harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee when I bring back the captivity of my people.