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.