ULT HOS Chapter 6

6 “Come, let us return to Yahweh.

For he has torn us, but he will heal us;

he has struck us down, but he will bandage us.

2 After two days he will revive us;

he will raise us up on the third day,

that we may live before him.

3 Let us know;

let us press on to know Yahweh.

His going forth is sure as the dawn;

he will come to us like the showers,

like the spring rains that water the earth.”

4 O Ephraim, what will I do with you?

O Judah, what will I do with you?

Your love is like a morning cloud,

like the dew that goes away early.

5 Therefore I have cut them to pieces by the prophets,

I have killed them with the words of my mouth.

My judgments are like the light that goes forth.

6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,

and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

7 Like Adam they have transgressed the covenant;

there they were unfaithful to me.

8 Gilead is a city of evildoers

with footprints of blood.

9 As a band of raiders lie in wait for a man,

so the priests band together to commit murder on the way to Shechem;

surely they have committed shameful crimes.

10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;

the harlotry of Ephraim is there; Israel is defiled.

11 For you also, Judah, a harvest has been appointed.

When I restore the fortunes of my people,