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.

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

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 him.

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

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

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.

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.'

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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 stained with blood.

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

8Gilead <FI>is<Fi> a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from 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 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.

9And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder--the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.

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.

10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There <FI>is<Fi> the whoredom of Ephraim--defiled is Israel.

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.

11Also, O Judah, appointed is a harvest to thee, In My turning back <FI>to<Fi> the captivity of My people!