Hosea 6

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The Unrepentance of Israel and Judah

¹Come, let us return to the LORD.

For He has torn us to pieces,

but He will heal us;

He has wounded us,

but He will bind up our wounds.

¹Come and let us return to YHWH, for He has torn us, and He will heal us; He has struck us, and He will bind us up.

²After two days He will revive us;

on the third day He will raise us up,

that we may live in His presence.

²He will revive us after two days; on the third on the day He will raise us up, that we may live before His face.

³So let us know—

let us press on to know the LORD.

As surely as the sun rises,

He will appear;

He will come to us like the rain,

like the spring showers that water the earth.

³And let us know, let us press on to know YHWH. Like the dawn, His going forth is sure, and He will come like the rain to us, like the spring rain that showers the earth.

⁴What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?^a

What shall I do with you, O Judah?

For your loyalty is like a morning mist,

like the early dew that vanishes.

⁴What will I do to you, O Ephraim? What will I do to you, O Judah? And your faithfulness is like a cloud of the morning, and like the dew rising and going away.

⁵Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;

I have slain them by the words of My mouth,

and My judgments go forth like lightning.

⁵Upon thus, I have hewn them by the prophets, I have killed them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth as the light!

⁶For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,^a

and the knowledge of God

rather than burnt offerings.

⁶For I delight in mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God above burnt offerings.

⁷But they, like Adam, have transgressed^a the covenant;

there they were unfaithful to Me.

⁷And they, like Adam, transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful with Me.

⁸Gilead is a city of evildoers,

tracked with footprints of blood.

⁸Gilead is a city of workers of iniquity, with a footprint of blood.

⁹Like raiders who lie in ambush,

so does a band of priests;

they murder on the way to Shechem;

surely they have committed atrocities.

⁹Like raiders lying in wait for a man is the band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely, they have committed wickedness.

¹⁰In the house of Israel

I have seen a horrible thing:

Ephraim practices prostitution there,

and Israel is defiled.

¹⁰In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: There is the prostitution of Ephraim; Israel is defiled.

¹¹Also for you, O Judah,

a harvest is appointed,

when I restore

My people from captivity.^a

¹¹Also, O Judah, a harvest is set for you, in My turning back the captivity of My people.