Hosea 6
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1"Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.1"Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
2"He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him.2After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.
3"So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD. His going forth is as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth."3Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth."
4What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud And like the dew which goes away early.4"What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.
5Therefore I have hewn them in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.5Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth-- then my judgments go forth like the sun.
6For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.6For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.
7But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me.7As at Adam, they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there.
8Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody footprints.8Gilead is a city of evildoers, stained with footprints of blood.
9And as raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed crime.9As marauders lie in ambush for a victim, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, carrying out their wicked schemes.
10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's harlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself.10I have seen a horrible thing in Israel: There Ephraim is given to prostitution, Israel is defiled.
11Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, When I restore the fortunes of My people.11"Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed. "Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,
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