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 we turn back to YHWH, For He has torn, and He heals us, He strikes, and He binds us up.

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

He revives us after two days, In the third day He raises us up, And we 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 we know—we pursue to know YHWH, His going forth is prepared as the dawn, And He comes in as a shower to us, As spring rain [and] autumn rain to 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 do I do to you, O Ephraim? What do I do to you, O Judah? Your goodness [is] as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early—going.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gilead [is] a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from 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 bands wait for a man, A company of priests murder—the way to Shechem, For they have done wickedness.

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

In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There [is] the whoredom 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!

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