{"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/kjv/hosea/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T01:21:16.932Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 the LORD: 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: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Then shall we know, <i>if</i> 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 <i>and</i> former rain unto the earth."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness <i>is</i> as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Therefore have I hewed <i>them</i> by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments <i>are as</i> the light <i>that</i> goeth 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 <i>is</i> a city of them that work iniquity, <i>and is</i> polluted with blood."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And as troops of robbers wait for a man, <i>so</i> 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 <i>is</i> the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 6 (KJV)","markdown":"[Hosea 6](https://primebible.com/kjv/hosea/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/hosea/6 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}