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Hosea 6
1599 Geneva Bible
Hosea 6
1599 Geneva Bible
6 1 Affliction causeth a man to turn to God. 9 The wickedness of the Priests.
1 Come, and let [a]us return to the Lord: for he hath spoiled, and he will heal us: he hath wounded us, and he will bind us up.
2 After two days will [b]he revive us, and in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
3 Then shall we have knowledge, and endeavor ourselves to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning, and he shall come unto us as the rain, and as the latter rain unto the earth.
4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, how shall I entreat thee? for [c]your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the morning dew it goeth away.
5 Therefore have I [d]cut down by the Prophets: I have slain them by the words of my mouth, and thy [e]judgments were as the light that goeth forth.
6 For I desired [f]mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 But they [g]like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they trespassed against me.
8 [h]Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
9 And as the thieves wait for a man, so the company of Priests murder in the way by consent: for they work mischief.
10 I have seen villainy in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim: Israel is defiled.
11 Yea, Judah hath set a [i]plant for thee, while I would return the captivity of my people.
Footnotes
- Hosea 6:1 He showeth the people how they ought to turn to the Lord, that he might call back his plagues.
- Hosea 6:2 Though he correct us from time to time, yet his help will not be far off, if we return to him.
- Hosea 6:4 You seem to have a certain holiness and repentance, but it is upon the sudden, and as a morning cloud.
- Hosea 6:5 I have still labored by my prophets, and as it were framed you to bring you to amendment, but all was in vain: for my word was not food to feed them, but a sword to slay them.
- Hosea 6:5 My doctrine which I taught thee, was most evident.
- Hosea 6:6 He showeth to what scope his doctrine tended, that they should join the obedience of God, and the love of their neighbor with outward sacrifices.
- Hosea 6:7 That is, like light and weak persons.
- Hosea 6:8 Which was the place where the Priests dwelt, and which should have been best instructed in my word.
- Hosea 6:11 That is, doth imitate thine idolatry, and hath taken grafts of thy trees.
Hosea 6
New International Version
Hosea 6
New International Version
Israel Unrepentant
6 “Come, let us return(A) to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces(B)
but he will heal us;(C)
he has injured us
but he will bind up our wounds.(D)
2 After two days he will revive us;(E)
on the third day(F) he will restore(G) us,
that we may live in his presence.
3 Let 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,(H)
like the spring rains that water the earth.(I)”
4 “What can I do with you, Ephraim?(J)
What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist,
like the early dew that disappears.(K)
5 Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,
I killed you with the words of my mouth(L)—
then my judgments go forth like the sun.[a](M)
6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,(N)
and acknowledgment(O) of God rather than burnt offerings.(P)
7 As at Adam,[b] they have broken the covenant;(Q)
they were unfaithful(R) to me there.
8 Gilead is a city of evildoers,(S)
stained with footprints of blood.
9 As marauders lie in ambush for a victim,(T)
so do bands of priests;
they murder(U) on the road to Shechem,
carrying out their wicked schemes.(V)
10 I have seen a horrible(W) thing in Israel:
There Ephraim is given to prostitution,
Israel is defiled.(X)
11 “Also for you, Judah,
a harvest(Y) is appointed.
“Whenever I would restore the fortunes(Z) of my people,
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