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Hosea 6 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Israel Chastised

Hos 6:1

“Come, let us return to Yahweh.

For He has torn us, but He will heal us;

He has struck us, but He will bandage us.

Hos 6:2

“He will make us alive after two days;

He will raise us up on the third day,

That we may live before Him.

Hos 6:3

“So let us know, let us pursue to know Yahweh.

His going forth is established as the dawn;

And He will come to us like the rain,

Like the [fn]late rain watering the earth.”

Hos 6:4

What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?

What shall I do with you, O Judah?

For your lovingkindness is like a morning cloud

And like the dew which goes away early.

Hos 6:5

Therefore I have hewn them in pieces by the prophets;

I have killed them by the words of My mouth;

And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.

Hos 6:6

For I delight in lovingkindness rather than sacrifice,

And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Hos 6:7

But like [fn]Adam they have trespassed against the covenant;

There they have dealt treacherously against Me.

Hos 6:8

Gilead is a city of workers of iniquity,

With a track of blood.

Hos 6:9

And as raiders wait for a man,

So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem;

Surely they have committed lewdness.

Hos 6:10

In the house of Israel I have seen an appalling thing;

Ephraim’s harlotry is there; Israel has defiled itself.

Hos 6:11

Also, O Judah, there is a harvest set for you

When I restore the fortunes of My people,

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