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Hosea - Chapter 6 |
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   | Hsa 6:1 | "Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn, that he may heal us; he has stricken, and he will bind us up. |
| Hsa 6:2 | After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. |
| Hsa 6:3 | Let us know, let us press on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth." |
| Hsa 6:4 | What shall I do with you, O E'phraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away. |
| Hsa 6:5 | 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. |
| Hsa 6:6 | For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God, rather than burnt offerings. |
| Hsa 6:7 | But at Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me. |
| Hsa 6:8 | Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood. |
| Hsa 6:9 | As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests are banded together; they murder on the way to Shechem, yea, they commit villainy. |
| Hsa 6:10 | In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; E'phraim's harlotry is there, Israel is defiled. |
| Hsa 6:11 | For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed. When I would restore the fortunes of my people, |
