Hosea 6

1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.KJV — 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.KJV — 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.KJV — 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.KJV — 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.KJV — Hosea 6:5

6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.KJV — Hosea 6:6

7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.KJV — Hosea 6:7

8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.KJV — 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.KJV — Hosea 6:9

10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.KJV — Hosea 6:10

11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.KJV — Hosea 6:11