The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Hosea 06
1 “Come! Let’s return to Yahweh;
for he has torn us to pieces,
and he will heal us; he has injured us,
and he will bind up our wounds.
2 After two days he will revive us.
On the third day he will raise us up,
and we will live before him.
3 Let’s acknowledge Yahweh.
Let’s press on to know Yahweh.
As surely as the sun rises,
Yahweh will appear. He will come to us
like the rain, like the spring
rain that waters the earth.”
4 “Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your love is like a morning cloud,
and like the dew that disappears early.
5 Therefore I have cut them to pieces with
the prophets;I killed them with the words of my
mouth. Your judgments are like aflashoflightning.
6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;
and the knowledge of God more than
burnt offerings.
7 But they, like Adam, have broken the
covenant. They were unfaithful to me there.
8 Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity;
it is stained with blood.
9 As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a
man, so the company of priests murder on
the path toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing.
There is prostitution in Ephraim. Israel is defiled.
11 “Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you,
when I restore the fortunes of my people.