Hosea 6
1 In her tribulacioun thei schulen rise eerli to me. Come ye, and turne we ayen to the Lord;
Come, and let vs returne to the Lord: for he hath spoyled, and he will heale vs: he hath wounded vs, and he will binde vs vp.
2 for he took, and schal heele vs; he schal smyte, and schal make vs hool.
After two dayes will he reuiue vs, and in the third day he will raise vs vp, and we shall liue in his sight.
3 He schal quykene vs after twei daies, and in the thridde dai he schal reise vs, and we schulen lyue in his siyt. We schulen wite, and sue, that we knowe the Lord. His goyng out is maad redi at the morewtid, and he schal come as a reyn to vs, which is timeful and lateful to the erthe.
Then shall we haue knowledge, and indeuour our selues to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning, and he shall come vnto vs as the raine, and as the latter raine vnto the earth.
4 Effraym, what schal Y do to thee? Juda, what schal Y do to thee? Youre merci is as a cloude of the morewtid, and as deew passynge forth eerli.
O Ephraim, what shall I doe vnto thee? O Iudah, how shall I intreate thee? for your goodnesse is as a morning cloude, and as the morning dewe it goeth away.
5 For this thing Y hewide in profetis, Y killide hem in the wordis of my mouth;
Therefore haue I cut downe by the Prophets: I haue slaine them by the wordes of my mouth, and thy iudgements were as the light that goeth forth.
6 and thi domes schulen go out as liyt. For Y wolde merci, and not sacrifice, and Y wolde the kunnyng of God, more than brent sacrificis.
For I desired mercie, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more then burnt offrings.
7 But thei as Adam braken the couenaunt; there thei trespassiden ayens me.
But they like men haue transgressed the couenant: there haue they trespassed against me.
8 Galaad the citee of hem that worchen idol, is supplauntid with blood; and
Gilead is a citie of them that worke iniquitie, and is polluted with blood.
9 as the chekis of men `that ben theues. Partener of prestis sleynge in the weie men goynge fro Sichem, for thei wrouyten greet trespasse.
And as the eues waite for a man, so the companie of Priestes murder in the way by consent: for they worke mischiefe.
10 In the hous of Israel Y siy an orible thing; there the fornicaciouns of Effraym.
I haue seene vileny in the house of Israel: there is ye whoredome of Ephraim: Israel is defiled.
11 Israel is defoulid; but also thou, Juda, sette heruest to thee, whanne Y schal turne the caitiftee of my puple.
Yea, Iudah hath set a plant for thee, whiles I woulde returne ye captiuitie of my people.
