Hosea 6

¹“Come! Let’s return to Yahweh;

²After two days he will revive us.

³Let’s acknowledge Yahweh.

⁴“Ephraim, what shall I do to you?

⁵Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets;

⁶For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;

⁷But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant.

⁸Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity;

⁹As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man,

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

¹¹“Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you,