6Hosea 6

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.Select Hosea 6:1

2He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him.Select Hosea 6:2

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.'Select Hosea 6:3

4What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, O Judah? Your goodness is as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early--going.Select Hosea 6:4

5Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light goeth forth.Select Hosea 6:5

6For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.Select Hosea 6:6

7And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me.Select Hosea 6:7

8Gilead is a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood.Select Hosea 6:8

9And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder--the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.Select Hosea 6:9

10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There is the whoredom of Ephraim--defiled is Israel.Select Hosea 6:10

11Also, O Judah, appointed is a harvest to thee, In My turning back to the captivity of My people!Select Hosea 6:11