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 tribulation, they will arise early to me. Come, 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 has seized 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 will live in his sight. We will understand, and we will continue on, so that we may know the Lord. His landing place has been prepared like the first light of morning, and he will come to us like the early and the late rains of the land.
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 am I to do with you, Ephraim? What am I to do with you, Judah? Your mercy is like the morning mist, and like the dew passing away in the morning.
5 For this reason I smote them through the prophets, I slew them by the words of my mouth;	5 Because of this, I have cut them with the prophets, I have slain them with the words of my mouth; and your opinions will depart like 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 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; in this, they have been dishonest with me.
8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.	8 Gilead is a city that manufactures idols; it has been tripped up by family relations.
9 As brigands ambush a man, a band of priests slay on the way to Shechem, committing monstrous crime.	9 And, like those who rob with skillful words, they, by conspiring with the priests, bring a death sentence to travelers on a pilgrimage from Shechem; for they have been performing evil deeds.
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 horrible things in the house of Israel; the fornications of Ephraim are there. Israel has been contaminated.
11 For you also, O Judah, a harvest has been appointed.	11 But you, Judah, set a harvest for yourself, while I reverse the captivity of my people.