The Book of HOSEA - Chapter Six

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 

After two days he will revive us;
    on the third day he will restore us,
    that we may live in his presence.

3 

Let 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.’

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.

5 

Therefore 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.

6 

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
    and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

7 

As at Adam, they have broken the covenant;
    they were unfaithful to me there.

8 

Gilead is a city of evildoers,
    stained with footprints of blood.

9 

As marauders lie in ambush for a victim,
    so do bands of priests;
they murder on the road to Shechem,
    carrying out their wicked schemes.

10 

I have seen a horrible thing in Israel:
    there Ephraim is given to prostitution,
    Israel is defiled.

11 

‘Also for you, Judah,
    a harvest is appointed.

‘Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,

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