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| 6:1 |
 ome, and let vs returne vnto the Lord: for hee hath torne, and hee will heale vs: he hath smitten, and he will binde vs vp. |
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| 6:2 |
After two daies will he reuiue vs, in the third day he will raise vs vp, and we shall liue in his sight. |
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| 6:3 |
Then shal we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared, as the morning; & he shall come vnto vs, as the raine; as the latter and former raine vnto the earth. |
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| 6:4 |
O Ephraim, what shall I doe vnto thee? O Iudah, what shall I do vnto thee? For your goodnesse is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. |
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| 6:5 |
Therefore haue I shewed them by the Prophets: I haue slaine them by the wordes of my mouth, and thy iudgements are as the light that goeth foorth. |
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| 6:6 |
For I desired mercie, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more then burnt offerings. |
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| 6:7 |
But they like men haue transgressed the Couenant: there haue they dealt treacherously against me. |
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| 6:8 |
Gilead is a city of them that worke iniquitie; and is polluted with blood. |
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| 6:9 |
And as troupes of robbers waite for a man, so the company of priestes murther in the way by consent: for they commit lewdnesse. |
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| 6:10 |
I haue seene an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredome of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. |
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| 6:11 |
Also O Iudah, hee hath set an haruest for thee, when I returned the captiuitie of my people. |
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