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 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 He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him.

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 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.'

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 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 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 Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light goeth forth.

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

For I desired mercie, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more then burnt offrings.

7 And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me.

But they like men haue transgressed the couenant: there haue they trespassed against me.

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

Gilead is a citie of them that worke iniquitie, and is polluted 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 the eues waite for a man, so the companie of Priestes murder in the way by consent: for they worke mischiefe.

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

I haue seene vileny in the house of Israel: there is ye whoredome of Ephraim: Israel is defiled.

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

Yea, Iudah hath set a plant for thee, whiles I woulde returne ye captiuitie of my people.