Israel Unrepentant
6 “Come, let us return(A) to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces(B)
but he will heal us;(C)
he has injured us
but he will bind up our wounds.(D)
2 After two days he will revive us;(E)
on the third day(F) he will restore(G) us,
that we may live in his presence.
3 Let us acknowledge the Lord;
let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,(H)
like the spring rains that water the earth.(I)”
4 “What can I do with you, Ephraim?(J)
What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist,
like the early dew that disappears.(K)
5 Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,
I killed you with the words of my mouth(L)—
then my judgments go forth like the sun.(M)
6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,(N)
and acknowledgment(O) of God rather than burnt offerings.(P)
7 As at Adam, they have broken the covenant;(Q)
they were unfaithful(R) to me there.
8 Gilead is a city of evildoers,(S)
stained with footprints of blood.
9 As marauders lie in ambush for a victim,(T)
so do bands of priests;
they murder(U) on the road to Shechem,
carrying out their wicked schemes.(V)
10 I have seen a horrible(W) thing in Israel:
There Ephraim is given to prostitution,
Israel is defiled.(X)
11 “Also for you, Judah,
a harvest(Y) is appointed.
“Whenever I would restore the fortunes(Z) of my people,
Footnotes
- Hosea 6:5
- Hosea 6:7
Cross references
- Hosea 6:1 : S Isa 10:20; S 19:22
- Hosea 6:1 : S Job 16:9; La 3:11; Hos 5:14
- Hosea 6:1 : S Nu 12:13; S Jer 3:22
- Hosea 6:1 : S Dt 32:39; S Job 5:18; S Jer 30:17; Hos 14:4
- Hosea 6:2 : Ps 30:5; S 80:18
- Hosea 6:2 : S Mt 16:21
- Hosea 6:2 : S Ps 71:20
- Hosea 6:3 : S Job 4:3; Joel 2:23
- Hosea 6:3 : Ps 72:6; Hos 11:10; 12:6
- Hosea 6:4 : Hos 11:8
- Hosea 6:4 : Hos 7:1; 13:3
- Hosea 6:5 : Jer 1:9-10; 5:14; 23:29
- Hosea 6:5 : Heb 4:12
- Hosea 6:6 : S 1Sa 15:22; S Isa 1:11; Mt 9:13*; 12:7*; Mk 12:33
- Hosea 6:6 : S Jer 4:22; S Hos 2:20
- Hosea 6:6 : S Ps 40:6; Mic 6:8
- Hosea 6:7 : S Ge 9:11; S Jer 11:10; Hos 8:1
- Hosea 6:7 : S Hos 5:7
- Hosea 6:8 : Hos 12:11
- Hosea 6:9 : Ps 10:8
- Hosea 6:9 : S Hos 4:2
- Hosea 6:9 : Jer 5:30-31; 7:9-10; S Eze 22:9; S Hos 5:1; 7:1
- Hosea 6:10 : S Jer 5:30
- Hosea 6:10 : S Jer 23:14; S Eze 23:7; S Hos 5:3
- Hosea 6:11 : Jer 51:33; Joel 3:13
- Hosea 6:11 : S Ps 126:1; Zep 2:7
