Hosea 6:1-6

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6 “Come, let us return to the Lord,
    for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us;
    he has struck down, and he will bind us up.^(A)
2 After two days he will revive us;
    on the third day he will raise us up,
    that we may live before him.
³ Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord;
    his appearing is as sure as the dawn;
he will come to us like the showers,
    like the spring rains that water the earth.”^(B)

⁴ What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?
    What shall I do with you, O Judah?
Your love is like a morning cloud,
    like the dew that goes away early.^(C)
5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
    I have killed them by the words of my mouth,
    and my^[a] judgment goes forth as the light.^(D)
6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,
    the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.^(E)