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Hosea 6
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890
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.
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.
2He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him.
2After two days will he revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before his face;
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.'
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.
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.
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.
5Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light goeth forth.
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.
6For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.
6For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge ofGod more than burnt-offerings.
7And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me.
7But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8Gilead <FI>is<Fi> a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood.
8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is tracked with blood.
9And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder--the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.
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.