{"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/asv/hosea/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T13:46:12.217Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","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 unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 6 (ASV)","markdown":"[Hosea 6](https://primebible.com/asv/hosea/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/hosea/6 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}