Hosea 6

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1 Come, let us return to Yahweh. He has rent us and he wil heal us; he has struck us and he will bind upour wounds;	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.
2 after two days he wil revive us, on the third day he wil raise us up and we shal live in his presence.	2 He will revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, to live in his presence.
3 Let us know, let us strive to know Yahweh; that he will come is as certain as the dawn. He wil come tous like a shower, like the rain of springtime to the earth.	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."
4 What am I to do with you, Ephraim? What am I to do with you, Judah? For your love is like morningmist, like the dew that quickly disappears.	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.
5 This is why I have hacked them to pieces by means of the prophets, why I have kil ed them with wordsfrom my mouth, why my sentence wil blaze forth like the dawn-	5 For this reason I smote them through the prophets, I slew them by the words of my mouth;
6 for faithful love is what pleases me, not sacrifice; knowledge of God, not burnt offerings.	6 For it is love that I desire, not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than holocausts.
7 But they have broken the covenant at Adam, there they have betrayed me.	7 But they, in their land, violated the covenant; there they were untrue to me.
8 Gilead is a city of evil-doers, ful of bloody footprints.	8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.
9 Like so many robbers in ambush, a gang of priests commits murder on the road to Shechem- whatinfamous behaviour!	9 As brigands ambush a man, a band of priests slay on the way to Shechem, committing monstrous crime.
10 At Bethel I have seen a horrible thing; there Ephraim plays the whore, Israel is befouled.	10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there harlotry is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11 For you too, Judah, a harvest is in store, when I restore my people's fortunes.	11 For you also, O Judah, a harvest has been appointed.