Hosea 6New King James Version
A Call to Repentance
6 Come,(A)and let us return to theLord;
For(B)He has torn, but(C)He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will[a]bind us up.
2 (D)After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.
3 (E)Let us know,
Let us pursue the knowledge of theLord.
His going forth is established(F)as the morning;
(G)He will come to us(H)like the rain,
Like the latterandformer rain to the earth.
Impenitence of Israel and Judah
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.
5 Therefore I have hewnthemby the prophets,
I have slain them by(I)the words of My mouth;
And[b]your judgmentsare likelightthatgoes forth.
6 For I desire(J)mercy[c]and(K)not sacrifice,
And the(L)knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 “But like[d]men they transgressed the covenant;
There they dealt treacherously with Me.
8 (M)Gileadisa city of evildoers
And[e]defiled with blood.
9 As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man,
Sothe company of(N)priests(O)murder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they commit(P)lewdness.
10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel:
Thereisthe[f]harlotry of Ephraim;
Israel is defiled.
11 Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you,
When I return the captives of My people.
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