| 6:1 | A Call to RepentanceIsrael's Insincere Repentance Come, and let us return to the LORD; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up. |
| 6:2 | After two days He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up, That we may live in His sight. |
| 6:3 | Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the LORD. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth. Impenitence of Israel and Judah |
| 6:4 | O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, And like the early dew it goes away. |
| 6:5 | Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And your judgments are like light that goes forth. |
| 6:6 | For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. |
| 6:7 | But like men they transgressed the covenant; There they dealt treacherously with Me. |
| 6:8 | Gilead is a city of evildoers And defiled with blood. |
| 6:9 | As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man, So the company of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they commit lewdness. |
| 6:10 | I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: There is the harlotry of Ephraim; Israel is defiled. |
| 6:11 | Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you, When I return the captives of My people. |