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 unto the Lord; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind up our wounds.
2 He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him.
He will revive us after two days: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his presence.
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 feel it, that we may strive to know the Lord; bright as the morning-dawn is his rising; and he will come as the rain unto us, as the latter rain that maketh fruitful 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.
What shall I do unto thee, O Ephraim? what shall I do unto thee, O Judah? for your piety is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth 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 did I hew [them] down by means of the prophets; I slew them by the words of my mouth: and thy punishments go forth like the light.
6 For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.
For piety I desired, 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 they, like an ordinary man, have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8 Gilead [is] a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood.
Gil'ad is become a city of workers of wickedness, is full of traces of 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 that lie in wait for a man, so is the band of priests, they murder on the way in unison; for they commit scandalous deeds.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There [is] the whoredom of Ephraim — defiled is Israel.
On the house of Israel have I seen a horrible thing: there is lewdness in Ephraim, Israel is become defiled.
11 Also, O Judah, appointed is a harvest to thee, In My turning back [to] the captivity of My people!
Also for thee, O Judah, will a harvest be prepared, when I bring back the captivity of my people.
