ULT HOS Chapter 6

6 “Come, and let us return to Yahweh,

for he, he has torn, and he will heal us;

he struck, and he will bind us up.

2 He will revive us after two days;

on the third day he will raise us up,

and we will live to his face.

3 And let us know, let us pursue to know Yahweh.

Like the dawn, his going forth is established,

and he will come like the rain to us,

like the latter rain that waters the land.”

4 What shall I do for you, Ephraim?

What shall I do for you, Judah?

And your covenant faithfulness is like a cloud of the morning,

and like the dew rising early and going away.

5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;

I have killed them by the words of my mouth,

and your judgments are as light that goes forth.

6 For I desire covenant faithfulness and not sacrifice,

and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

7 But they, like Adam, they transgressed the covenant;

there they acted treacherously against me.

8 Gilead is a city of workers of evil,

tracked with blood.

9 And, as lying in wait for a man, are bands;

a company of priests murder on the way toward Shechem,

for they have done villainy.

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

Ephraim’s prostitution is there;

Israel is defiled.

Also, Judah, he has appointed a harvest for you.

When I restore the fortunes of my people,