Hosea 6 - ESV Online - Literal Word

HOSEA 6

Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

6:1

“Come, let us return to the Lord;

for he has torn us, that he may heal us;

he has struck us down, and he will bind us up. 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 going out is sure as the dawn;

he will come to us as the showers,

as the spring rains that water the earth.”
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 early away. 5

Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;

I have slain them by the words of my mouth,

and my judgment goes forth as the light. 6

For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,

the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7

But like Adam they transgressed the covenant;

there they dealt faithlessly with me. 8

Gilead is a city of evildoers,

tracked with blood. 9

As robbers lie in wait for a man,

so the priests band together;

they murder on the way to Shechem;

they commit villainy. 10

In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;

Ephraim’s whoredom is there; Israel is defiled.
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For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed.

When I restore the fortunes of my people,

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