NRSV Hosea 6 Chapter
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6:1
"Come, let us return to the LORD; for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck down, and 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 before him.
6:3
Let us know, let us press on to know the LORD; his appearing is as sure as the dawn; he will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that water the earth."
6:4
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 away early.
6:5
Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have killed them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light.
6:6
For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
6:7
But at Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.
6:8
Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.
6:9
As robbers lie in wait for someone, so the priests are banded together; they murder on the road to Shechem, they commit a monstrous crime.
6:10
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's whoredom is there, Israel is defiled.
6:11
For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed. When I would restore the fortunes of my people,