{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/hosea/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T18:43:45.815Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":6,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":11},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes away."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and your judgments are as the light that goes forth."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the prostitution of Ephraim, Israel is defiled."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Also, O Judah, he has set an harvest for you, when I returned the captivity of my people."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 6 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Hosea 6](https://primebible.com/akjv/hosea/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/hosea/6 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}