Hosea

6 1 COME, and ^alet us return unto the LORD: for he ^bhath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

2 ^cAfter two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

3 Then ^dshall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: ^ehis going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us ^fas the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

4 ¶O Ephraim, ^gwhat shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your ¹goodness is ^has a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

5 Therefore ⁱhave I ^*hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: ²and thy judgments are ^jas the light that goeth forth.

6 ^kFor I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

7 But they ³like men ^lhave transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

8 ^mGilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is ⁴polluted with blood.

9 ⁿAnd as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way ⁵by consent: for they commit ⁶lewdness.

10 I have seen ^oan horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is ^pthe whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

11 Also, O Judah, he hath set ^qan harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.