{"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/dbt/hosea/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:10:50.866Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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 his face;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"and we shall know, we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"What shall I do unto thee, Ephraim? What shall I do unto thee, Judah? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and my judgment goeth forth as the light."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For I delight in loving-kindness, 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 tracked with blood."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way of Shechem; yea, they commit lewdness."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"In the house of Israel have I seen a horrible thing: the whoredom of Ephraim is there; Israel is defiled."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Also, for thee, Judah, is a harvest appointed, when I shall turn again the captivity of my people."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 6 (DBT)","markdown":"[Hosea 6](https://primebible.com/dbt/hosea/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/hosea/6 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}