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Hosea 6

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 Let's return to the LORD. Even though he has torn us to pieces, he will heal us. Even though he has wounded us, he will bandage our wounds.

2 After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us so that we may live in his presence.

3 Let's learn about the LORD. Let's get to know the LORD. He will come to us as sure as the morning comes. He will come to us like the autumn rains and the spring rains that water the ground.

4 "What should I do with you, Ephraim? What should I do with you, Judah? Your love is like fog in the morning. It disappears as quickly as the morning dew.

5 That is why I cut [you] down by sending the prophets. I killed you with the words from my mouth. My judgments shined on you like light.

6 I want your loyalty, not your sacrifices. I want you to know me, not to give me burnt offerings.

7 "Like Adam, you rejected the promise. You were unfaithful to me.

8 Gilead is a city filled with troublemakers. It is stained with bloody footprints.

9 The priests are like gangs of robbers who lie in ambush for a person. They murder on the road to Shechem. Certainly, they have committed a crime.

10 "I have seen horrible things in the nation of Israel. Ephraim is acting like a prostitute, and Israel is unclean.

11 "Yet, Judah, I have set a harvest time for you when I bring my people back from captivity.

New King James Version NKJV

1 Come, and let us return to the Lord; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up.

2 After two days He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up, That we may live in His sight.

3 Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth.

4 "O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, And like the early dew it goes away.

5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And your judgments are like light that goes forth.

6 For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

7 "But like men they transgressed the covenant; There they dealt treacherously with Me.

8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, And defiled with blood.

9 As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man, So the company of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they commit lewdness.

10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: There is the harlotry of Ephraim; Israel is defiled.

11 Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you, When I return the captives of My people.