Hosea 6 :: New International Version (NIV)

Israel Unrepentant

Hos 6:1“Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.

Hos 6:2

Hos 6:2After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.

Hos 6:3

Hos 6:3Let 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, like the spring rains that water the earth.”

Hos 6:4

Hos 6:4“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.

Hos 6:5

Hos 6:5Therefore 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.[fn]

Hos 6:6

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

Hos 6:7

Hos 6:7As at Adam,[fn] they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there.

Hos 6:8

Hos 6:8Gilead is a city of evildoers, stained with footprints of blood.

Hos 6:9

Hos 6:9As marauders lie in ambush for a victim, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, carrying out their wicked schemes.

Hos 6:10

Hos 6:10I have seen a horrible thing in Israel: There Ephraim is given to prostitution, Israel is defiled.

Hos 6:11

Hos 6:11“Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed. “Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,

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NIV Footnotes

(6:5)

The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

(6:7)

Or Like Adam; or Like human beings

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