NASB1995 ▾HoseaHosea 61“Come, let us return to the L ord . For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.2He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him.3So let us know, let us press on to know the L ord . His going forth is as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth.”4What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud And like the dew which goes away early.5Therefore I have hewn them in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.6For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.7But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me.8Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody footprints.9And as raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed crime.10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim’s harlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself.11Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, When I restore the fortunes of My people.Hosea 5Hosea 7