Hosea 5:15-6:6

English Standard Version

¹⁵^(A)I will return again to my place,
until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,
and ^(B)in their distress earnestly seek me.

Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

6 “Come, let us ^(C)return to the Lord;
    for ^(D)he has torn us, that he may heal us;
    he has struck us down, and ^(E)he will bind us up.
²After two days ^(F)he will revive us;
    on the third day he will raise us up,
    that we may live before him.
³^(G)Let us know; ^(H)let us press on to know the Lord;
    ^(I)his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us ^(J)as the showers,
    ^(K)as the spring rains that water the earth.”

⁴What shall I do with you, ^(L)O ^(M)Ephraim?
    What shall I do with you, O ^(N)Judah?
Your love is ^(O)like a morning cloud,
    ^(P)like the dew that goes early away.
⁵Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
    I have slain them ^(Q)by the words of my mouth,
    and my judgment goes forth as the light.
⁶For ^(R)I desire steadfast love^[a] and not sacrifice,
    ^(S)the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.