Hosea 6

1 'Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth 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 He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him.

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

3 And we know — we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain — sprinkling 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 What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, 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 as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goes away early.

5 Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light 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 kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

For I desire mercy, 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 like Adam they have transgressed the covenant. There they have dealt treacherously against me.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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