Hosea 6
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
1 Ref Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.
2 Ref After two days he will give us life, and on the third day he will make us get up, and we will be living before him.
3 Ref And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.
4 Ref O Ephraim, what am I to do to you? O Judah, what am I to do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew which goes early away.
5 Ref So I have had it cut in stones; I gave them teaching by the words of my mouth;
6 Ref Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.
7 Ref But like a man, they have gone against the agreement; there they were false to me.
8 Ref Gilead is a town of evil-doers, marked with blood.
9 Ref And like a band of thieves waiting for a man, so are the priests watching secretly the way of those going quickly to Shechem, for they are working with an evil design.
10 Ref In Israel I have seen a very evil thing; there false ways are seen in Ephraim, Israel is unclean;
American Standard-ASV1901 (ASV)
1 Ref 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.
2 Ref After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.
3 Ref 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.
4 Ref 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.
5 Ref 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.
6 Ref For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
7 Ref But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8 Ref Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
9 Ref 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.
10 Ref In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is `found' in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11 Ref Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.
King James Version (KJV)
1 Ref 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.
2 Ref After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
3 Ref 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.
4 Ref 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.
5 Ref 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.
6 Ref For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 Ref But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8 Ref Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
9 Ref And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
10 Ref I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11 Ref Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
