Hosea 6

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.

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.

1In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and let us return to the Lord.

2After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.

2After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.

2For he hath taken us, and he will heal us: he will strike, and he will cure us.

3And 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.

3And 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.

3He will revive us after two days: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. We shall know, and we shall follow on, that we may know the Lord. His going forth is prepared as the morning light, and he will come to us as the early and the latter rain to the earth.

4O 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.

4O 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.

4What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? what shall I do to thee, O Juda? your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth away in the morning.

5Therefore 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.

5Therefore 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.

5For this reason have I hewed them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments shall go forth as the light.

6For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

6For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.

7But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

7But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

7But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant, there have they dealt treacherously against me.

8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.

8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.

8Galaad is a city of workers of idols, supplanted with blood.

9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.

9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.

9And like the jaws of highway robbers, they conspire with the priests who murder in the way those that pass out of Sichem: for they have wrought wickedness.

10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

10I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: the fornications of Ephraim there: Israel is defiled.

11Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.

11Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.

11And thou also, O Juda, set thee a harvest, when I shall bring back the captivity of my people.