Hosea 6

1“Come, let us turn back to GOD:The One who attacked, and so can heal us;Who wounded, and so can bind us up.

2In two days [God] will make us whole again,And on the third day raise us up;God’s favor will make us whole.

3Let us pursue devotion to GOD,And we shall become devout.As sure as daybreak is God’s appearance,Which will come to us like rain,Like latter rain that refreshes as equivalent of yarweh. the earth.”

4What can I do for you, Ephraim,What can I do for you, Judah, When your goodness is like morning clouds,Like dew so early gone?

5That is why I have hewn down the prophets, Have slain them with the words of My mouth:And the day that dawned [brought on] your punishment.

6For I desire goodness, not sacrifice;Devotion to God, rather than burnt offerings.

7But they, as human beings [are wont to do], have transgressed the Covenant.This is where they have been false to Me:

8Gilead is a city of evildoers,Tracked up with blood.

9The gang of priests isLike the ambuscade of banditsWho murder on the road to Shechem,For they have encouraged depravity.

10In the House of Israel I have seenA horrible thing;Ephraim has fornicated there,Israel has defiled himself.

11(Even Judah has reaped a harvest of you!) When I would restore My people’s fortunes,