Hosea 6

lekhu venashuvah el-Adonai ki hu taraf veyirpa'enu yakh veyakhbeshenu

“Come, let us turn back to GOD: The One who attacked, and so can heal us; Who wounded, and so can bind us up.

yekhayyenu miyyomayim bayyom hashelishi yeqimenu venikhyeh lefanayw

In two days [God] will make us whole again, And on the third day raise us up; God’s favor will make us whole.

venede'ah nirdefah lada'at et-Adonai keshakhar nakhon motsa'o veyavo khaggeshem lanu kemalqosh yoreh arets

Let us pursue devotion to GOD, And we shall become devout. As sure as daybreak is God’s appearance, Which will come to us like rain, Like latter rain that refreshes the earth.”

mah e'eseh-llekha efrayim mah e'eseh-llekha yehudah vekhasdekhem ka'anan-boqer vekhattal mashkim holekh

What can I do for you, Ephraim, What can I do for you, Judah, When your goodness is like morning clouds, Like dew so early gone?

al-ken khatsavti bannevi'im haragtim be'imre-fi umishpatekha or yetse

That is why I have hewn down the prophets, Have slain them with the words of My mouth: And the day that dawned [brought on] your punishment.

ki khesed khafatsti velo-zavakh veda'at elohim me'olot

For I desire goodness, not sacrifice; Devotion to God, rather than burnt offerings.

vehemmah ke'adam averu verit sham bagedu vi

But they, as human beings [are wont to do], have transgressed the Covenant. This is where they have been false to Me:

gilad qiryat po'ale aven aqubbah middam

Gilead is a city of evildoers, Tracked up with blood.

ukhekhakke ish gedudim khever kohanim derekh yeratsekhu-shekhmah ki zimmah asu

The gang of priests is Like the ambuscade of bandits Who murder on the road to Shechem, For they have encouraged depravity.

bevet yisra'el ra'iti (shryryh) [sha'aruriyyah] sham zenut le'efrayim nitma yisra'el

In the House of Israel I have seen A horrible thing; Ephraim has fornicated there, Israel has defiled himself.

gam-yehudah shat qatsir lakh beshuvi shevut ammi

(Even Judah has reaped a harvest of you!) When I would restore My people’s fortunes,