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Hosea 6 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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A Call to Repentance

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Come, let’s return to the LORD.

For he has torn us,

and he will heal us;

he has wounded us,

and he will bind up our wounds.

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He will revive us after two days,

and on the third day he will raise us up

so we can live in his presence.

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Let’s strive to know the LORD.

His appearance is as sure as the dawn.

He will come to us like the rain,

like the spring showers that water the land.

The LORD’s First Lament

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What am I going to do with you, Ephraim?

What am I going to do with you, Judah?

Your love is like the morning mist

and like the early dew that vanishes.

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This is why I have used the prophets

to cut them down;[fn]

I have killed them with the words from my mouth.

My judgment strikes like lightning.[fn]

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For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice,

the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

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But they, like Adam,[fn] have violated the covenant;

there they have betrayed me.

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Gilead is a city of evildoers,

tracked with bloody footprints.

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Like raiders who wait in ambush for someone,

a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem.

They commit atrocities.

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I have seen something horrible in the house of Israel:

Ephraim’s promiscuity is there; Israel is defiled.

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A harvest is also appointed for you, Judah.

When I restore the fortunes of my people,

See the CSB Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
CSB Footnotes
Or have cut down the prophets
LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads Your judgments go out as light
Or they, as at Adam, or they, like men,
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Hosea Chapter 6 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras