The Response to God’s Rebuke
6 “(A)Come, let us return to the Lord.
For (B)He has torn us, but (C)He will heal us;
He has wounded us, but He will (D)bandage us.
2 “He will (E)revive us after two days;
He will (F)raise us up on the third day,
That we may live before Him.
3 “So let us (G)know, let us press on to know the Lord.
His (H)going forth is as certain as the dawn;
And He will come to us like the (I)rain,
Like the spring rain watering the earth.”
4 What shall I do with you, O (J)Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, O Judah?
For your loyalty is like a (K)morning cloud
And like the dew which goes away early.
5 Therefore I have (L)hewn them in pieces by the prophets;
I have slain them by the (M)words of My mouth;
And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.
6 For (N)I delight in loyalty (O)rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 But (P)like Adam they have (Q)transgressed the covenant;
There they have (R)dealt treacherously against Me.
8 (S)Gilead is a city of wrongdoers,
Tracked with (T)bloody footprints.
9 And as (U)raiders wait for a man,
So a band of priests (V)murder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they have committed (W)crime.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a (X)horrible thing;
Ephraim’s (Y)harlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself.
11 Also, O Judah, there is a (Z)harvest appointed for you,
When I (AA)restore the fortunes of My people.
Footnotes
- Hosea 6:1
- Hosea 6:4
- Hosea 6:7
- Hosea 6:9
Cross references
- Hosea 6:1 : Jer 50:4, 5
- Hosea 6:1 : Deut 32:39; Hos 5:14
- Hosea 6:1 : Jer 30:17; Hos 14:4
- Hosea 6:1 : Is 30:26
- Hosea 6:2 : Ps 30:5
- Hosea 6:2 : 1 Cor 15:4
- Hosea 6:3 : Is 2:3; Mic 4:2
- Hosea 6:3 : Ps 19:6; Mic 5:2
- Hosea 6:3 : Job 29:23; Ps 72:6; Joel 2:23
- Hosea 6:4 : Hos 7:1; 11:8
- Hosea 6:4 : Ps 78:34-37; Hos 13:3
- Hosea 6:5 : 1 Sam 15:32, 33; Jer 1:10; 5:14
- Hosea 6:5 : Jer 23:29
- Hosea 6:6 : Matt 9:13; 12:7
- Hosea 6:6 : Is 1:11
- Hosea 6:7 : Job 31:33
- Hosea 6:7 : Hos 8:1
- Hosea 6:7 : Hos 5:7
- Hosea 6:8 : Hos 12:11
- Hosea 6:8 : Hos 4:2
- Hosea 6:9 : Hos 7:1
- Hosea 6:9 : Jer 7:9, 10; Hos 4:2
- Hosea 6:9 : Ezek 22:9; 23:27; Hos 2:10
- Hosea 6:10 : Jer 5:30, 31; 23:14
- Hosea 6:10 : Hos 5:3
- Hosea 6:11 : Jer 51:33; Joel 3:13
- Hosea 6:11 : Zeph 2:7
