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Hosea 6 English Standard Version (ESV)

Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

1. “Come, let us return to the Lord;for he has torn us, that he may heal us;he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.

2. After two days he will revive us;on the third day he will raise us up,that we may live before him.

3. Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn;he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”

4. What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?What shall I do with you, O Judah?Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.

5. Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;I have slain them by the words of my mouth,and my judgment goes forth as the light.

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

7. But like Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.

8. Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.

9. As robbers lie in wait for a man,so the priests band together;they murder on the way to Shechem;they commit villainy.

10. In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim’s whoredom is there; Israel is defiled.

11. For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed,when I restore the fortunes of my people.