Hosea 6

1 In their tribulation, they will arise early to me. Come, let us return to the Lord.

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

2 For he has seized us, and he will heal us. He will strike, and he will cure us.

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

3 He will revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live in his sight. We will understand, and we will continue on, so that we may know the Lord. His landing place has been prepared like the first light of morning, and he will come to us like the early and the late rains of the land.

He 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.

4 What am I to do with you, Ephraim? What am I to do with you, Judah? Your mercy is like the morning mist, and like the dew passing away in the morning.

What 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.

5 Because of this, I have cut them with the prophets, I have slain them with the words of my mouth; and your opinions will depart like the light.

For 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.

6 For I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and knowledge of God more than holocausts.

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.

7 But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; in this, they have been dishonest with me.

But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant, there have they dealt treacherously against me.

8 Gilead is a city that manufactures idols; it has been tripped up by family relations.

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

9 And, like those who rob with skillful words, they, by conspiring with the priests, bring a death sentence to travelers on a pilgrimage from Shechem; for they have been performing evil deeds.

And like the jaws of highway robbers, they conspire with the priests who murder in the way those that pass out Sichem: for they have wrought wickedness.

10 I have seen horrible things in the house of Israel; the fornications of Ephraim are there. Israel has been contaminated.

I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: the fornications of Ephraim there: Israel is defiled.

11 But you, Judah, set a harvest for yourself, while I reverse the captivity of my people.

And thou also, O Juda, set thee a harvest, when I shall bring back captivity of my people.