6:3 So let us acknowledge him!
Let us seek
He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn,
as certainly as the winter rain comes,
as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.”
6:4 What am I going to do with you, O Ephraim?
What am I going to do with you, O Judah?
For
it disappears as quickly as dawn’s dew!
6:5 Therefore, I will certainly cut
I will certainly kill you
for
6:6 For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice;
I delight
6:7 At Adam
Oh how
6:8 Gilead is a city full of evildoers;
its streets are stained with bloody footprints!
6:9 The company of priests is like a gang of robbers,
lying in ambush to pounce on a victim.
They commit murder on the road to Shechem;
they have done heinous crimes!
6:10 I have seen a disgusting thing in the temple of Israel:
there Ephraim practices temple prostitution
and Judah defiles itself.
6:11 I have appointed a time to reap judgment
Whenever I want to restore the fortunes of my people,