Hosea 6:1-6

New King James Version

6 Come,^(A) and let us return to the Lord;
For ^(B)He has torn, but ^(C)He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will ^[a]bind us up.
^2 (D)After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.
^3 (E)Let us know,
Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.
His going forth is established ^(F)as the morning;
^(G)He will come to us ^(H)like the rain,
Like the latter and former rain to the earth.

⁴ “O Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
O Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
And like the early dew it goes away.
⁵ Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets,
I have slain them by ^(I)the words of My mouth;
And ^[b]your judgments are like light that goes forth.
⁶ For I desire ^(J)mercy^[c] and ^(K)not sacrifice,
And the ^(L)knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.