--- title: Hosea 6 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Hosea chapter 6 of the Tanakh (Nevi'im — the Prophets) in Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: 'Come, and let us return unto the LORD; for He hath torn, and He will heal us, He hath smitten, and He will bind us up. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS/6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Hosea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS/) / chapter 6 # Hosea 6 11 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [6:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.6.1/) — לְכוּ וְנָשׁוּבָה אֶל־יְהוָה כִּי הוּא טָרָף וְיִרְפָּאֵנוּ יַךְ וְיַחְבְּשֵֽׁנוּ׃ — 'Come, and let us return unto the LORD; for He hath torn, and He will heal us, He hath smitten, and He will bind us up. - [6:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.6.2/) — יְחַיֵּנוּ מִיֹּמָיִם בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי יְקִמֵנוּ וְנִחְיֶה לְפָנָֽיו׃ — After two days will He revive us, on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence. - [6:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.6.3/) — וְנֵדְעָה נִרְדְּפָה לָדַעַת אֶת־יְהוָה כְּשַׁחַר נָכוֹן מֽוֹצָאוֹ וְיָבוֹא כַגֶּשֶׁם לָנוּ כְּמַלְקוֹשׁ יוֹרֶה אָֽרֶץ׃ — And let us know, eagerly strive to know the LORD, His going forth is sure as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.' - [6:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.6.4/) — מָה אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לְּךָ אֶפְרַיִם מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה־לְּךָ יְהוּדָה וְחַסְדְּכֶם כַּֽעֲנַן־בֹּקֶר וְכַטַּל מַשְׁכִּים הֹלֵֽךְ׃ — O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away. - [6:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.6.5/) — עַל־כֵּן חָצַבְתִּי בַּנְּבִיאִים הֲרַגְתִּים בְּאִמְרֵי־פִי וּמִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ אוֹר יֵצֵֽא׃ — Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth; and thy judgment goeth forth as the light. - [6:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.6.6/) — כִּי חֶסֶד חָפַצְתִּי וְלֹא־זָבַח וְדַעַת אֱלֹהִים מֵעֹלֽוֹת׃ — For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt-offerings. - [6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.6.7/) — וְהֵמָּה כְּאָדָם עָבְרוּ בְרִית שָׁם בָּגְדוּ בִֽי׃ — But they like men have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against Me. - [6:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.6.8/) — גִּלְעָד קִרְיַת פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן עֲקֻבָּה מִדָּֽם׃ — Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, it is covered with footprints of blood. - [6:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.6.9/) — וּכְחַכֵּי אִישׁ גְּדוּדִים חֶבֶר כֹּֽהֲנִים דֶּרֶךְ יְרַצְּחוּ־שֶׁכְמָה כִּי זִמָּה עָשֽׂוּ׃ — And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so doth the company of priests; they murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they commit enormity. - [6:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.6.10/) — בְּבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל רָאִיתִי שַׁעֲרֽוּרִיָּה שָׁם זְנוּת לְאֶפְרַיִם נִטְמָא יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ — In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; there harlotry is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled. - [6:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.6.11/) — גַּם־יְהוּדָה שָׁת קָצִיר לָךְ בְּשׁוּבִי שְׁבוּת עַמִּֽי׃פ — Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee! When I would turn the captivity of My people, - ← previous: [Hosea 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS/5/) - next →: [Hosea 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS/7/) - ↑ back to [Hosea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS/)