Hosea 5:15-6:11
New American Standard Bible
15 I will go away and return to My place
Until they [a](A)acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;
In their distress they will (B)search for Me.
The Response to God’s Rebuke
6 “(C)Come, let’s return to the Lord.
For (D)He has torn us, but (E)He will heal us;
He has [b]wounded us, but He will (F)bandage us.
2 He will (G)revive us after two days;
He will (H)raise us up on the third day,
That we may live before Him.
3 So let’s (I)learn, let’s press on to know the Lord.
His (J)appearance is as sure as the dawn;
And He will come to us like the (K)rain,
As the spring rain waters the earth.”
4 What shall I do with you, (L)Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, Judah?
For your loyalty is like a (M)morning cloud,
And like the dew which goes away early.
5 Therefore I have (N)cut them in pieces by the prophets;
I have slain them by the (O)words of My mouth;
And the judgments on you are like the light that [c]shines.
6 For (P)I [d]desire loyalty (Q)rather than sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 But (R)like [e]Adam they have (S)violated the covenant;
There they have (T)dealt treacherously with Me.
8 (U)Gilead is a city of wrongdoers,
Tracked with (V)bloody footprints.
9 And as a (W)band of robbers lie in wait for a person,
So a band of priests (X)murder on the way to Shechem;
Certainly they have committed an act of (Y)infamy.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a (Z)horrible thing;
Ephraim’s (AA)infidelity is there, Israel has defiled itself.
11 Also, Judah, there is a (AB)harvest appointed for you,
When I (AC)restore the fortunes of My people.
Footnotes
- Hosea 5:15 Or suffer their punishment
- Hosea 6:1 Lit struck
- Hosea 6:5 Lit proceeds
- Hosea 6:6 Or take pleasure in
- Hosea 6:7 Or men
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