Parallel Bible results for "Hosea 6:4-11"

Hosea 6:4-11

Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB

4 What am I going to do with you, Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, Judah? Your loyalty is like the morning mist and like the early dew that vanishes.

5 This is why I have used the prophets to cut them down; I have killed them with the words of My mouth. My judgment strikes like lightning.

6 For I desire loyalty and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

7 But they, like Adam, have violated the covenant; there they have betrayed Me.

8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with bloody footprints.

9 Like robbers who wait in ambush for someone, a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem. They commit atrocities.

10 I have seen something horrible in the house of Israel: Ephraim's promiscuity is there; Israel is defiled.

11 A harvest is also appointed for you, Judah. When I return My people from captivity,

New International Version NIV

4 “What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.

5 Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth— then my judgments go forth like the sun.

6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

7 As at Adam, they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there.

8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, stained with footprints of blood.

9 As marauders lie in ambush for a victim, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, carrying out their wicked schemes.

10 I have seen a horrible thing in Israel: There Ephraim is given to prostitution, Israel is defiled.

11 “Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed. “Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,