6:1 I will go away and return to My place Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me. |
6:2 "He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him. |
6:3 "So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD His going forth we acknowledge as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth." |
6:4 What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty resembles a morning cloud And like the dew which goes away early. |
6:5 Therefore I have hewn them in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And the judgments on you resemble the light that goes forth. |
6:6 For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. |
6:7 But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me. |
6:8 Gilead proves herself a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody footprints. |
6:9 And as raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed crime. |
6:10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's harlotry appears there, Israel has defiled itself. |
6:11 Also, O Judah, I appoint a harvest for you, When I restore the fortunes of My people. |