Old Testament · Hosea

Hosea 6

1"Come, and let us return to YHWH, for he has torn and he will heal us; he has struck and he will bind us up.

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

3And let us know, let us pursue to know YHWH; like the dawn his going forth is sure, and he will come like the rain to us, like the latter rain that waters the earth."

4What shall I do to you, Ephraim? What shall I do to you, Judah? For your mercy is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that early goes away.

5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth; and your judgments (mishpat) go forth as the light.

6For mercy I desired, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

7But they, like Adam, transgressed the covenant (berit); there they dealt treacherously against me.

8Gilead is a city of doers of iniquity, tracked with blood.

9And like bands of robbers waiting for a man (ish), so is the company of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; yea, they have done a wicked thing.

10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; there is the harlotry of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

11Also, Judah, a harvest is appointed for you, when I return the captivity of my people.

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