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Hosea 6
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862
1Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
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.
2After two days will he revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before his face;
2He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him.
3and we shall know, — we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.
3And 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.'
4What shall I do unto thee, Ephraim? What shall I do unto thee, Judah? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away.
4What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, O Judah? Your goodness <FI>is<Fi> as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early--going.
5Therefore have I hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and my judgment goeth forth as the light.
5Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light goeth forth.
6For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge ofGod more than burnt-offerings.
6For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.
7But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
7And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me.
8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is tracked with blood.
8Gilead <FI>is<Fi> a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood.
9And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way of Shechem; yea, they commit lewdness.
9And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder--the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.