Hosea 6
1 Come, let us return to the LORD, for he has torn us, but he will heal us; he has struck us, but he will bind us up.
2 After two days he will give us life; on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.
3 Let us know; let us pursue knowing the LORD. His appearing is as sure as the dawn, and he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.
4 What shall I do with you, Ephraim? What shall I do with you, Judah? Your faithful love is like the morning cloud, like the dew that vanishes early.
5 Therefore I have cut them down by the prophets; I have slain them with the words of my mouth; my judgments against you shine forth like the light.
6 For I desire faithful love, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 But they, like Adam, broke the covenant; there they acted treacherously against me.
8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, marked with bloody footprints.
9 As gangs lie in wait for a man, so does the company of priests: they murder on the road to Shechem, for they have committed outrage.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there Ephraim is given to prostitution, and Israel has defiled itself.
11 For you too, Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore the fortunes of my people.
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