Hosea 6 (New International Version)

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Israel Unrepentant

1 "Come, let us return¹ to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces² but he will heal us;³ he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.⁴ 2 After two days he will revive us;⁵ on the third day⁶ he will restore⁷ 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,⁸ like the spring rains that water the earth.⁹" 4 "What can I do with you, Ephraim?¹⁰ What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.¹¹ 5 Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth;¹² my judgments flashed like lightning upon you.¹³ 6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,¹⁴ and acknowledgment¹⁵ of God rather than burnt offerings.¹⁶ 7 Like Adam,^a they have broken the covenant¹⁷-- they were unfaithful¹⁸ to me there. 8 Gilead is a city of wicked men,¹⁹ stained with footprints of blood. 9 As marauders lie in ambush for a man,²⁰ so do bands of priests; they murder²¹ on the road to Shechem, committing shameful crimes.²² 10 I have seen a horrible²³ thing in the house of Israel. There Ephraim is given to prostitution and Israel is defiled.²⁴ 11 "Also for you, Judah, a harvest²⁵ is appointed. "Whenever I would restore the fortunes²⁶ of my people,

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a. Hosea 6:7 - Or "As at Adam"; or "Like men"

1. Hosea 6:1 - S Isa 10:20; S 19:22

2. Hosea 6:1 - S Job 16:9; La 3:11; Hos 5:14

3. Hosea 6:1 - S Nu 12:13; S Jer 3:22

4. Hosea 6:1 - S Dt 32:39; S Job 5:18; S Jer 30:17; Hos 14:4

5. Hosea 6:2 - Ps 30:5; S 80:18

6. Hosea 6:2 - S Mt 16:21

7. Hosea 6:2 - S Ps 71:20

8. Hosea 6:3 - S Job 4:3; Joel 2:23

9. Hosea 6:3 - Ps 72:6; Hos 11:10; 12:6

10. Hosea 6:4 - Hos 11:8

11. Hosea 6:4 - Hos 7:1; 13:3

12. Hosea 6:5 - Jer 1:9-10; 5:14; 23:29

13. Hosea 6:5 - Heb 4:12

14. Hosea 6:6 - S 1Sa 15:22; S Isa 1:11; Mt 9:13*; 12:7*; Mk 12:33

15. Hosea 6:6 - S Jer 4:22; S Hos 2:20

16. Hosea 6:6 - S Ps 40:6; Mic 6:8

17. Hosea 6:7 - S Ge 9:11; S Jer 11:10; Hos 8:1

18. Hosea 6:7 - S Hos 5:7

19. Hosea 6:8 - Hos 12:11

20. Hosea 6:9 - Ps 10:8

21. Hosea 6:9 - S Hos 4:2

22. Hosea 6:9 - Jer 5:30-31; 7:9-10; S Eze 22:9; S Hos 5:1; 7:1

23. Hosea 6:10 - S Jer 5:30

24. Hosea 6:10 - S Jer 23:14; S Eze 23:7; S Hos 5:3

25. Hosea 6:11 - Jer 51:33; Joel 3:13

26. Hosea 6:11 - S Ps 126:1; Zep 2:7

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