Hosea 6

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1 In their affliction, they shall look for me: "Come, let us return to the LORD, For it is he who has rent, but he will heal us; he has struck us, but he will bind our wounds.	1 In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and let us return to the Lord:
2 He will revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, to live in his presence.	2 For he hath taken us, and he will heal us: he will strike, and he will cure us.
3 Let us know, let us strive to know the LORD; as certain as the dawn is his coming, and his judgment shines forth like the light of day! He will come to us like the rain, like spring rain that waters the earth."	3 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 can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your piety is like a morning cloud, like the dew that early passes away.	4 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 For this reason I smote them through the prophets, I slew them by the words of my mouth;	5 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 it is love that I desire, not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than holocausts.	6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.
7 But they, in their land, violated the covenant; there they were untrue to me.	7 But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant, there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.	8 Galaad is a city of workers of idols, supplanted with blood.
9 As brigands ambush a man, a band of priests slay on the way to Shechem, committing monstrous crime.	9 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 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there harlotry is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.	10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: the fornications of Ephraim there: Israel is defiled.
11 For you also, O Judah, a harvest has been appointed.	11 And thou also, O Juda, set thee a harvest, when I shall bring back captivity of my people.