Hosea 6
1 Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us;
he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2 After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we
shall live before him.
3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as
the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that
watereth the earth.
4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for
your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.
5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of
my mouth: and thy judgments are [as] the light that goeth forth.
6 For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than
burnt-offerings.
7 But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt
treacherously against me.
8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in
the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is
[found] in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11 Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the
captivity of my people.