Hosea 6 Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

A Call to Repentance

6 Come, let’s return to the Lord.^(A)
For he has torn us,^(B)
and he will heal us;^(C)
he has wounded us,
and he will bind up our wounds.^(D)
²He will revive us after two days,^(E)
and on the third day he will raise us up
so that we can live in his presence.^(F)
³Let’s strive to know the Lord.^(G)
His appearance is as sure as the dawn.^(H)
He will come to us like the rain,^(I)
like the spring showers that water the land.

The Lord’s First Lament

⁴What am I going to do with you, Ephraim?^(J)
What am I going to do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist^(K)
and like the early dew that vanishes.
⁵This is why I have used the prophets
to cut them down;^[a],^(L)
I have killed them with the words from my mouth.
My judgement strikes like lightning.^[b]
⁶For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice,
the knowledge of God^(M) rather than burnt offerings.^(N)

⁷But they, like Adam,^[c] have violated the covenant;^(O)
there they have betrayed me.^(P)
⁸Gilead is a city of evildoers,^(Q)
tracked with bloody footprints.^(R)
⁹Like raiders who wait in ambush for someone,^(S)
a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem.^(T)
They commit atrocities.^(U)
¹⁰I have seen something horrible^(V) in the house of Israel:
Ephraim’s promiscuity is there;^(W) Israel is defiled.
¹¹A harvest is also appointed for you, Judah.^(X)

When I restore the fortunes of my people,^(Y)

Footnotes

6:5 Or have cut down the prophets
6:5 LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads Your judgments go out as light
6:7 Or they, as at Adam, or they, like men,

Cross references

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised (CSBA)