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劝人民诚心归向 神

“来吧!让我们回转归向耶和华;

因为,他虽然撕裂了我们,但必定医治我们;

他虽然击伤了我们,却必替我们裹伤。

两天以后,他要使我们复原;

第三天,他使我们起来,

我们就可以活在他的面前。

让我们认识,竭力追求认识耶和华。

他必定出现,像晨光一样,

他必临到我们,如雨水一般,

又像滋润大地的春雨。

指摘人民虚伪的行为

“以法莲啊!我要怎样待你呢?

犹大啊,我要怎样待你呢?

你们的爱心像早晨的云雾;

又像瞬即消逝的朝露。

因此,我藉众先知砍碎他们,

用我口中的话杀戮他们;

我的审判必如光一般发出。

我喜爱怜恤,不喜爱祭祀;

我喜爱人认识 神的知识,胜过人献的燔祭。

可是他们却在亚当城背约,

在那里向我行诡诈。

基列是作孽之人的城,

他们的脚踪染满了血渍。

在往示剑的路上,祭司结党杀害人,

就像埋伏路旁的强盗;

他们行了邪恶的事。

10 在以色列家!我看见了可怕的事;

那里有以法莲的淫行,以色列被玷污了。

11 犹大啊!我使我的子民归回的时候,

必有为你定下的一个收割时期。”

以色列和犹大不思悔改

来吧,让我们归向耶和华!
祂撕裂我们,也必医治我们;
祂击打我们,也必为我们裹伤。
过两天,祂必复兴我们;
第三天,祂必使我们站立起来,
在祂面前存活。
让我们认识耶和华,
竭力认识耶和华!
祂必到来,
如同必然显露的曙光,
又如滋润大地的春雨。

耶和华说:
“以法莲啊,我该怎样待你呢?
犹大啊,我该怎样待你呢?
你们对我的爱像晨雾,
如转瞬即逝的朝露。
所以,我差遣先知用我的话杀戮你们,
我的审判必如闪电临到你们。
我喜爱怜悯之心,而非祭物;
我喜爱人认识我,胜于燔祭。
可是,你们却如亚当一样背约,
以诡诈待我。
基列是罪恶之城,
到处血迹斑斑。
祭司如同暗中抢劫的强盗,
成群结伙地作恶,
在通往示剑的路上谋害无辜。
10 我在以色列家看见了可怕之事,
以法莲不忠不贞,玷污了自己。
11 犹大啊,
你必得到我给你定的下场[a]

“每当我要使子民复兴的时候,

Footnotes

  1. 6:11 你必得到我给你定的下场”希伯来文是“我已经为你定下收割的时间”。

Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

A Call to Repentance

Come,(A) and let us return to the Lord;
For (B)He has torn, but (C)He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will [a]bind us up.
(D)After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.
(E)Let us know,
Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.
His going forth is established (F)as the morning;
(G)He will come to us (H)like the rain,
Like the latter and former rain to the earth.

Impenitence of Israel and Judah

“O Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
O Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
And like the early dew it goes away.
Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets,
I have slain them by (I)the words of My mouth;
And [b]your judgments are like light that goes forth.
For I desire (J)mercy[c] and (K)not sacrifice,
And the (L)knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

“But like [d]men they transgressed the covenant;
There they dealt treacherously with Me.
(M)Gilead is a city of evildoers
And [e]defiled with blood.
As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man,
So the company of (N)priests (O)murder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they commit (P)lewdness.
10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel:
There is the [f]harlotry of Ephraim;
Israel is defiled.
11 Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you,
When I return the captives of My people.

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 6:1 Bandage
  2. Hosea 6:5 Or the judgments on you
  3. Hosea 6:6 Or faithfulness or loyalty
  4. Hosea 6:7 Or Adam
  5. Hosea 6:8 Lit. foot-tracked
  6. Hosea 6:10 Spiritual adultery