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Hosea 6 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Hos 6:1Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Hos 6:2After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.
Hos 6:3And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
Hos 6:4O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.
Hos 6:5Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
Hos 6:6For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
Hos 6:7But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
Hos 6:8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
Hos 6:9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.
Hos 6:10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
Hos 6:11Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.
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