Hosea 6
A call to return to the LORD (continued)
לְכוּ וְנָשׁוּבָה אֶל-יְהוָה כִּי הוּא טָרָף וְיִרְפָּאֵנוּ יַךְ וְיַחְבְּשֵֽׁנוּ׃
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
יְחַיֵּנוּ מִיֹּמָיִם בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי יְקִמֵנוּ וְנִחְיֶה לְפָנָֽיו׃
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
וְנֵדְעָה נִרְדְּפָה לָדַעַת אֶת-יְהוָה כְּשַׁחַר נָכוֹן מֹֽצָאוֹ וְיָבוֹא כַגֶּשֶׁם לָנוּ כְּמַלְקוֹשׁ יוֹרֶה אָֽרֶץ׃
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Fleeting loyalty of Ephraim and Judah
מָה אֶֽעֱשֶׂה-לְּךָ אֶפְרַיִם מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה-לְּךָ יְהוּדָה וְחַסְדְּכֶם כַּֽעֲנַן-בֹּקֶר וְכַטַּל מַשְׁכִּים הֹלֵֽךְ׃
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
עַל-כֵּן חָצַבְתִּי בַּנְּבִיאִים הֲרַגְתִּים בְּאִמְרֵי-פִי וּמִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ אוֹר יֵצֵֽא׃
Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
כִּי חֶסֶד חָפַצְתִּי וְלֹא-זָבַח וְדַעַת אֱלֹהִים מֵעֹלֽוֹת׃
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
וְהֵמָּה כְּאָדָם עָבְרוּ בְרִית שָׁם בָּגְדוּ בִֽי׃
But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
Bloodshed in Gilead and the crimes of the priests
גִּלְעָד קִרְיַת פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן עֲקֻבָּה מִדָּֽם׃
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
וּכְחַכֵּי אִישׁ גְּדוּדִים חֶבֶר כֹּֽהֲנִים דֶּרֶךְ יְרַצְּחוּ-שֶׁכְמָה כִּי זִמָּה עָשֽׂוּ׃
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
בְּבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל רָאִיתִי (שעריריה) שַׁעֲרֽוּרִיָּה שָׁם זְנוּת לְאֶפְרַיִם נִטְמָא יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
גַּם-יְהוּדָה שָׁת קָצִיר לָךְ בְּשׁוּבִי שְׁבוּת עַמִּֽי׃
Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.