1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal (Hosea 5:13; Hosea 7:1; Matthew 9:12) us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. KJRV — Hosea 6:1
2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. KJRV — Hosea 6:2
3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. KJRV — Hosea 6:3
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 early dew it goeth away. KJRV — Hosea 6:4
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. KJRV — Hosea 6:5
6 For I (Proverbs 21:3; Micah 6:6; Matthew 9:13; Matthew 12:7) desired mercy, and not sacrifice;Matthew 9:13 and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. KJRV — Hosea 6:6
7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. KJRV — Hosea 6:7
8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. KJRV — Hosea 6:8
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. KJRV — Hosea 6:9
10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. KJRV — Hosea 6:10
11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people. KJRV — Hosea 6:11