{"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/ylt/hosea/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T10:18:31.917Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":6,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":11},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"'Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And we know — we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain — sprinkling earth.'"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, O Judah? Your goodness is as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early — going."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light goeth forth."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Gilead is a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder — the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There is the whoredom of Ephraim — defiled is Israel."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Also, O Judah, appointed is a harvest to thee, In My turning back to the captivity of My people!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 6 (YLT)","markdown":"[Hosea 6](https://primebible.com/ylt/hosea/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/hosea/6 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}