Hosea 6

Israel calls to return to **YHWH**, acknowledging His discipline will heal and revive them after two days, on the third day raising them to live in His presence, urging pursuit of knowing YHWH like the morning sun and rain[1][2][3]. YHWH laments Ephraim and Judah's fleeting loyalty like morning mist, desires **chesed** (steadfast love) and knowledge of God over sacrifice, rebukes their covenant-breaking like Adam, priestly murders, and harlotry, appointing a harvest judgment[1][2][3].

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Interlinear Text

Verse 3
let us know and let us know and let us know let us pursue let us pursue let us pursue to know to know to know - object-marker [·] the LORD Yahweh Yahweh like the dawn like dawn-light like dawn-light is sure being established being established his appearing his going-out his going-out and he will come and may he come and he will come like the rain like a heavy rain like a heavy rain to us — to us like the spring rain like the late-season rain like the late-season rain that waters early rain early rain the land land land
וְ/נֵדְעָ֣ה 𐤅/𐤍𐤃𐤏𐤄 venedeah let us know and let us know and let us know HC/Vqh1cp נִרְדְּפָ֗ה 𐤍𐤓𐤃𐤐𐤄 niredefah let us pursue let us pursue let us pursue HVqi1cp לָ/דַ֨עַת֙ 𐤋/𐤃𐤏𐤕 ladaat to know to know to know HR/Vqc אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et - object-marker [·] HTo יְהוָ֔ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp כְּ/שַׁ֖חַר 𐤊/𐤔𐤇𐤓 keshachar like the dawn like dawn-light like dawn-light HR/Ncmsa נָכ֣וֹן 𐤍𐤊𐤅𐤍 nakhon is sure being established being established HVNrmsa מֽוֹצָא֑/וֹ 𐤌𐤅𐤑𐤀/𐤅 motsao his appearing his going-out his going-out HNcmsc/Sp3ms וְ/יָב֤וֹא 𐤅/𐤉𐤁𐤅𐤀 veyavo and he will come and may he come and he will come HC/Vqi3ms כַ/גֶּ֨שֶׁם֙ 𐤊/𐤂𐤔𐤌 khageshem like the rain like a heavy rain like a heavy rain HRd/Ncmsa לָ֔/נוּ 𐤋/𐤍𐤅 lanu to us to us HR/Sp1cp כְּ/מַלְק֖וֹשׁ 𐤊/𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤅𐤔 kemaleqosh like the spring rain like the late-season rain like the late-season rain HR/Ncmsa י֥וֹרֶה 𐤉𐤅𐤓𐤄 yoreh that waters early rain early rain HVhi3ms אָֽרֶץ 𐤀𐤓𐤑 arets Ayé (Yoruba) the land land land HNcbsa
Verse 4
what what? what shall I do I will do I will do with you — for you O Ephraim Double Fruitfulness Eferayim what what? what shall I do I will do I will do with you — for you O Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah your loyalty your steadfast loyalty your steadfast loyalty like a cloud like a covering-cloud of like a cloud of of morning daybreak daybreak and like the dew and like dew and like dew early-rising those who rise early those who rise early that goes away the one walking the one walking
מָ֤ה 𐤌𐤄 mah what what? what HTi אֶֽעֱשֶׂה 𐤀𐤏𐤔𐤄 eeseh shall I do I will do I will do HVqi1cs לְּ/ךָ֙ 𐤋/𐤊 lekha with you for you HR/Sp2ms אֶפְרַ֔יִם 𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌 eferayim O Ephraim Double Fruitfulness Eferayim HNp מָ֥ה 𐤌𐤄 mah-2 what what? what HTi אֶעֱשֶׂה 𐤀𐤏𐤔𐤄 eeseh-2 shall I do I will do I will do HVqi1cs לְּ/ךָ֖ 𐤋/𐤊 lekha-2 with you for you HR/Sp2ms יְהוּדָ֑ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 yehudah O Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah HNp וְ/חַסְדְּ/כֶם֙ 𐤅/𐤇𐤎𐤃/𐤊𐤌 vechasedekhem your loyalty your steadfast loyalty your steadfast loyalty HC/Ncmsc/Sp2mp כַּֽ/עֲנַן 𐤊/𐤏𐤍𐤍 kaanan like a cloud like a covering-cloud of like a cloud of HR/Ncmsc בֹּ֔קֶר 𐤁𐤒𐤓 boqer buka (Bemba) of morning daybreak daybreak HNcmsa וְ/כַ/טַּ֖ל 𐤅/𐤊/𐤈𐤋 vekhatal and like the dew and like dew and like dew HC/Rd/Ncmsa מַשְׁכִּ֥ים 𐤌𐤔𐤊𐤉𐤌 mashekim early-rising those who rise early those who rise early HVhrmsa הֹלֵֽךְ 𐤄𐤋𐤊 holekhe that goes away the one walking the one walking HVqrmsa
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