Osée 6

¹ Come, and let us return unto Jehovah ; for he hath torn, and he will heal us ; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

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

³ And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah : his going forth is sure as the morning ; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

⁴ O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee ? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.

⁵ Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets ; I have slain them by the words of my mouth : and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.

⁶ For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice ; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

⁷ But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant : there have they dealt treacherously against me.

⁸ Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity ; it is stained with blood.

⁹ And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem ; yea, they have committed lewdness.

¹⁰ In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing : there whoredom is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

¹¹ Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.