Hosea 5:15-7:2

New International Version

¹⁵Then I will return to my lair^(A)
    until they have borne their guilt^(B)
    and seek my face^(C)—
in their misery^(D)
    they will earnestly seek me.^(E)”

Israel Unrepentant

6 “Come, let us return^(F) to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces^(G)
    but he will heal us;^(H)
he has injured us
    but he will bind up our wounds.^(I)
²After two days he will revive us;^(J)
    on the third day^(K) he will restore^(L) us,
    that we may live in his presence.
³Let us acknowledge the Lord;
    let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
    he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,^(M)
    like the spring rains that water the earth.^(N)”

⁴“What can I do with you, Ephraim?^(O)
    What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears.^(P)
⁵Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,
    I killed you with the words of my mouth^(Q)—
    then my judgments go forth like the sun.^[a]^(R)
⁶For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,^(S)
    and acknowledgment^(T) of God rather than burnt offerings.^(U)
⁷As at Adam,^[b] they have broken the covenant;^(V)
    they were unfaithful^(W) to me there.
⁸Gilead is a city of evildoers,^(X)
    stained with footprints of blood.
⁹As marauders lie in ambush for a victim,^(Y)
    so do bands of priests;
they murder^(Z) on the road to Shechem,
    carrying out their wicked schemes.^(AA)
¹⁰I have seen a horrible^(AB) thing in Israel:
    There Ephraim is given to prostitution,
    Israel is defiled.^(AC)

¹¹“Also for you, Judah,
a harvest^(AD) is appointed.

“Whenever I would restore the fortunes^(AE) of my people,

7 ¹whenever I would heal Israel,
the sins of Ephraim are exposed
    and the crimes of Samaria revealed.^(AF)
They practice deceit,^(AG)
    thieves break into houses,^(AH)
    bandits rob in the streets;^(AI)
²but they do not realize
    that I remember^(AJ) all their evil deeds.^(AK)
Their sins engulf them;^(AL)
    they are always before me.