Husha (Hosea) — 6

A Call to Repentance

1 “Come, let us return to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH has torn us to pieces; now 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will heal us, for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH has injured us; now 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will bandage our wounds.

2 In just a short time 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will restore us, so that we may live in His presence.

3 Oh, that we might know 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH! Let us press on to know 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.”

4 “O Yashar'AL and Yahudah, what should I do with you?” asks 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH. “For your love vanishes like the morning mist and disappears like dew in the sunlight.

5 I sent my Nabyms to cut you to pieces to slaughter you with my Dabar, with judgments as in escapable as light.

6 I want you to show Ahaba (love), not offer sacrifices, I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings.

7 But like Adam, you broke my covenant and betrayed my trust.

8 “Gilaad is a city of sinners, tracked with footprints of blood.

9 Kuhanym form bands of robbers, waiting in ambush for their victims, they murder travelers along the road to Shacham and practice every kind of sin.

10 Yes, I have seen something horrible in Aphraim and Yashar'AL, My people are defiled by prostituting themselves with idols!

11 “O Yahudah, a harvest of punishment is also waiting for you, though I wanted to restore the fortunes of my people.