Hosea 6

DOUAI-RHEIMS	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and let us return to the Lord:	1 "Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn, that he may heal us; he has stricken, and he will bind us up.
2 For he hath taken us, and he will heal us: he will strike, and he will cure us.	2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
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.	3 Let us know, let us press on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth."
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.	4 What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.
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.	5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light.
6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.	6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God, rather than burnt offerings.
7 But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant, there have they dealt treacherously against me.	7 But at Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.
8 Galaad is a city of workers of idols, supplanted with blood.	8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.
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.	9 As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests are banded together; they murder on the way to Shechem, yea, they commit villainy.
10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: the fornications of Ephraim there: Israel is defiled.	10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's harlotry is there, Israel is defiled.
11 And thou also, O Juda, set thee a harvest, when I shall bring back captivity of my people.	11 For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed.