6:1 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.
6:1 "Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn [us,] but He will heal us; He has wounded [us,] but He will bandage us.

6:2 After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.
6:2 "He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day That we may live before Him.

6:3 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.
6:3 "So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD. His going forth is as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth."

6:4 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.
6:4 What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud, And like the dew which goes away early.

6:5 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.
6:5 Therefore I have hewn [them] in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are [like] the light that goes forth.

6:6 For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
6:6 For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

6:7 But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
6:7 But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me.

6:8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
6:8 Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody [footprints.]

6:9 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.
6:9 And as raiders wait for a man, [So] a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed crime.

6:10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is (found) in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
6:10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's harlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself.

6:11 Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.
6:11 Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, When I restore the fortunes of My people.