# Hosea 6 ## Hosea 6:1 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. - [YLT] 'Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up. ### Notes on Hosea 6:1 - ## Hosea 6:2 - [KJV] After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. - [ASV] After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him. - [YLT] He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him. ### Notes on Hosea 6:2 - ## Hosea 6:3 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth. - [YLT] And we know -- we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain -- sprinkling earth.' ### Notes on Hosea 6:3 - ## Hosea 6:4 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] 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 dew that goeth early away. - [YLT] What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, O Judah? Your goodness *is* as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early -- going. ### Notes on Hosea 6:4 - ## Hosea 6:5 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light goeth forth. ### Notes on Hosea 6:5 - ## Hosea 6:6 - [KJV] For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. - [ASV] For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings. - [YLT] For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings. ### Notes on Hosea 6:6 - ## Hosea 6:7 - [KJV] But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. - [ASV] But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. - [YLT] And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me. ### Notes on Hosea 6:7 - ## Hosea 6:8 - [KJV] Gilead *is* a city of them that work iniquity, *and is* polluted with blood. - [ASV] Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood. - [YLT] Gilead *is* a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood. ### Notes on Hosea 6:8 - ## Hosea 6:9 - [KJV] And as troops of robbers wait for a man, *so* the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. - [ASV] And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness. - [YLT] And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder -- the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done. ### Notes on Hosea 6:9 - ## Hosea 6:10 - [KJV] I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there *is* the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. - [ASV] In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is *found* in Ephraim, Israel is defiled. - [YLT] In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There *is* the whoredom of Ephraim -- defiled is Israel. ### Notes on Hosea 6:10 - ## Hosea 6:11 - [KJV] Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people. - [ASV] Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people. - [YLT] Also, O Judah, appointed is a harvest to thee, In My turning back *to* the captivity of My people! ### Notes on Hosea 6:11 -