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Hosea 6 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

The Response to God’s Rebuke

6 “^(A)Come, let’s return to the Lord.
For ^(B)He has torn us, but ^(C)He will heal us;
He has ^[a]wounded us, but He will ^(D)bandage us.
²He will ^(E)revive us after two days;
He will ^(F)raise us up on the third day,
That we may live before Him.
³So let’s ^(G)learn, let’s press on to know the Lord.
His ^(H)appearance is as sure as the dawn;
And He will come to us like the ^(I)rain,
As the spring rain waters the earth.”

⁴What shall I do with you, ^(J)Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, Judah?
For your loyalty is like a ^(K)morning cloud,
And like the dew which goes away early.
⁵Therefore I have ^(L)cut them in pieces by the prophets;
I have slain them by the ^(M)words of My mouth;
And the judgments on you are like the light that ^[b]shines.
⁶For ^(N)I ^[c]desire loyalty ^(O)rather than sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
⁷But ^(P)like ^[d]Adam they have ^(Q)violated the covenant;
There they have ^(R)dealt treacherously with Me.
⁸^(S)Gilead is a city of wrongdoers,
Tracked with ^(T)bloody footprints.
⁹And as a ^(U)band of robbers lie in wait for a person,
So a band of priests ^(V)murder on the way to Shechem;
Certainly they have committed an act of ^(W)infamy.
¹⁰In the house of Israel I have seen a ^(X)horrible thing;
Ephraim’s ^(Y)infidelity is there, Israel has defiled itself.
¹¹Also, Judah, there is a ^(Z)harvest appointed for you,
When I ^(AA)restore the fortunes of My people.

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