(KJV) Hosea 6¹

⥃The Unrepentance of Israel and Judah

[1] Come, and let² us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn³, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. [2] After two⁴ days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we⁵ shall live in his sight. [3] Then shall we know⁶, [if⁷] we follow on to know the Lord: his going⁸ forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain⁹, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.

[4] O Ephraim, what¹⁰ shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for¹¹ your goodness¹² [is] as a¹³ morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. [5] Therefore have I¹⁴ hewed [them] by the prophets; I have¹⁵ slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments [are as¹⁶] the light [that] goeth forth. [6] For I desired¹⁷ mercy, and not sacrifice; and the¹⁸ knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. [7] But they like men¹⁹ have transgressed²⁰ the covenant: there have they dealt²¹ treacherously against me. [8] Gilead²² [is] a city of them that work iniquity, [and is] polluted with blood²³. [9] And as troops²⁴ of robbers wait for a man, [so²⁵] the company of priests murder in the way by consent²⁶: for they commit lewdness²⁷. [10] I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there²⁸ [is] the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.²⁹ [11] Also, O Judah, he hath³⁰ set an harvest for thee, when³¹ I returned the captivity of my people.