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Hosea 6-9
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Hosea 6-9
New American Standard Bible
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.
2 He will (E)revive us after two days;
He will (F)raise us up on the third day,
That we may live before Him.
3 So 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.”
4 What 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.
5 Therefore 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.
6 For (N)I [c]desire loyalty (O)rather than sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 But (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.
9 And 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.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a (X)horrible thing;
Ephraim’s (Y)infidelity is there, Israel has defiled itself.
11 Also, Judah, there is a (Z)harvest appointed for you,
When I (AA)restore the fortunes of My people.
Ephraim’s Wrongdoing
7 When I (AB)would heal Israel,
The wrongdoing of Ephraim is uncovered,
And the evil deeds of Samaria,
For they practice (AC)deception;
The thief enters,
A band of (AD)robbers attack outside,
2 And they do not [e]consider in their hearts
That I (AE)remember all their wickedness.
Now their (AF)deeds surround them;
They are before My face.
3 (AG)With their wickedness they make the (AH)king happy,
And the officials with their (AI)lies.
4 They are (AJ)all adulterers,
Like an oven heated by the baker,
Who stops [f]stoking the fire
From the time the dough is kneaded until it is leavened.
5 On the [g]day of our king, the officials (AK)became sick with the heat of wine;
He stretched out his hand with [h](AL)scoffers,
6 For their hearts are like an (AM)oven
As they approach their [i]plotting;
Their [j]anger [k]smolders all night,
In the morning it burns like flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot like an oven,
And they consume their (AN)rulers;
All their kings have fallen.
(AO)None of them calls on Me.
8 Ephraim is himself (AP)thrown about with the [l]nations;
Ephraim has become a round loaf not turned over.
9 (AQ)Strangers devour his strength,
Yet he (AR)does not know it;
Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know it.
10 Though the (AS)pride of Israel testifies against him,
Yet (AT)they have not returned to the Lord their God,
Nor have they sought Him, despite all this.
11 So (AU)Ephraim has become like a gullible dove, (AV)without [m]sense;
They call to (AW)Egypt, they go to (AX)Assyria.
12 When they go, I will (AY)spread My net over them;
I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.
I will (AZ)discipline them in accordance with the [n]proclamation to their assembly.
13 (BA)Woe to them, for they have (BB)strayed from Me!
Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me!
I (BC)would redeem them, but they have spoken lies against Me.
14 And (BD)they do not cry to Me from their heart
When they wail on their beds;
For the sake of grain and new wine they [o](BE)assemble themselves,
They (BF)turn against Me.
15 Although I trained and strengthened their arms,
Yet they (BG)devise evil against Me.
16 They turn, but not [p]upward,
They are like a (BH)loose bow;
Their officials will fall by the sword
Because of the [q](BI)insolence of their tongue.
This will be their (BJ)derision in the land of Egypt.
Israel Reaps the Whirlwind
8 (BK)Put the trumpet to your [r]lips!
(BL)Like an eagle the enemy comes (BM)against the house of the Lord,
Because they have (BN)violated My covenant
And rebelled against My (BO)Law.
2 (BP)They cry out to Me,
“My God, (BQ)we of Israel know You!”
3 Israel has rejected the good;
The enemy will pursue him.
4 (BR)They have set up kings, but not by Me;
They have appointed officials, but I did not know it.
With their (BS)silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,
So that [s]they will be eliminated.
5 [t]He has rejected your (BT)calf, Samaria, saying,
“My anger burns against them!”
How long will they be incapable of (BU)innocence?
6 For from Israel comes even this!
A (BV)craftsman made it, so it is not God;
Assuredly, the calf of Samaria will be broken to [u]pieces.
7 For (BW)they sow wind
And they harvest a (BX)storm.
The standing grain has no [v]kernels;
It yields (BY)no [w]grain.
If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it.
8 Israel has been (BZ)swallowed up;
They are now among the nations
Like a (CA)vessel in which no one delights.
9 For they have gone up to (CB)Assyria,
Like (CC)a wild donkey all alone;
Ephraim has (CD)paid fees for [x]lovers.
10 Even though they [y]pay for allies among the nations,
I will (CE)gather them up now;
And they will begin (CF)to diminish
Because of the burden of the (CG)king of officials.
11 Since Ephraim has (CH)multiplied altars for sin,
They have become altars of sinning for him.
12 Though (CI)I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My (CJ)Law,
They are regarded as a strange thing.
13 As for My (CK)sacrificial gifts,
They (CL)sacrifice the flesh and eat it,
But the Lord has taken no delight in them.
Now He will (CM)remember their guilt,
And (CN)punish them for their sins;
They will return to (CO)Egypt.
14 For Israel has (CP)forgotten his Maker and (CQ)built palaces;
And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,
But I will send a (CR)fire on its cities, and it will consume its palatial buildings.
Ephraim Punished
9 (CS)Do not rejoice, Israel, [z]with jubilation like the [aa]nations!
For you have (CT)been unfaithful, [ab]abandoning your God.
You have loved the earnings of unfaithfulness on [ac]every threshing floor.
2 Threshing floor and wine press will (CU)not feed them,
And the new wine will fail [ad]them.
3 They will not remain in (CV)the Lord’s land,
But Ephraim will return to (CW)Egypt,
And in (CX)Assyria they will eat (CY)unclean food.
4 They will not pour out drink offerings of (CZ)wine to the Lord,
(DA)Nor will [ae]their sacrifices please Him.
Their bread will be to them like [af]mourners’ bread;
All who eat it will be (DB)defiled,
Because their bread will be for [ag]themselves alone;
It will not enter the house of the Lord.
5 (DC)What will you do on the day of the appointed festival
And on the day of the (DD)feast of the Lord?
6 For behold, they will be gone because of destruction;
Egypt will gather them together, (DE)Memphis will bury them.
Weeds will take possession of their treasures of silver;
(DF)Thorns will be in their tents.
7 The days of (DG)punishment have come,
The days of (DH)retribution have come;
[ah]Let Israel know this!
The prophet is a (DI)fool,
The [ai]inspired person is (DJ)insane,
Because of the grossness of your (DK)wrongdoing,
And because your [aj]hostility is so great.
8 Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a prophet;
Yet the snare of a bird catcher is in all his ways,
And there is only [ak]hostility in the house of his God.
9 They are (DL)deeply depraved
As in the days of (DM)Gibeah;
He will (DN)remember their guilt,
He will punish their sins.
10 I found Israel like (DO)grapes in the wilderness;
I saw your forefathers as the (DP)earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.
But they came to (DQ)Baal-peor and devoted themselves to [al](DR)shame,
And they became as (DS)detestable as that which they loved.
11 As for Ephraim, their (DT)glory will fly away like a bird—
No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!
12 Though they bring up their children,
Yet I will bereave them of their children [am]until not a person is left.
Yes, (DU)woe to them indeed when I depart from them!
13 Ephraim, as I have seen,
Is planted in a pasture like (DV)Tyre;
But Ephraim is going to bring out his children for slaughter.
14 Give to them, Lord—what will You give?
Give them a (DW)miscarrying womb and dried-up breasts.
15 All their evil is at (DX)Gilgal;
Indeed, I came to hate them there!
Because of the (DY)wickedness of their deeds
I will drive them out of My house!
I will no longer love them;
All their leaders are (DZ)rebels.
16 (EA)Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up,
They will produce (EB)no fruit.
Even though they give birth to children,
I will put to death the (EC)precious ones of their womb.
17 My God will reject them
Because they have (ED)not listened to Him;
And they will be (EE)wanderers among the nations.
Notas al pie
- Hosea 6:1 Lit struck
- Hosea 6:5 Lit proceeds
- Hosea 6:6 Or take pleasure in
- Hosea 6:7 Or men
- Hosea 7:2 Lit say to their
- Hosea 7:4 Lit stirring up
- Hosea 7:5 I.e., a festive occasion
- Hosea 7:5 Or rebels
- Hosea 7:6 Lit ambush
- Hosea 7:6 As in some ancient versions; MT baker
- Hosea 7:6 Lit is asleep
- Hosea 7:8 Lit peoples
- Hosea 7:11 Lit heart
- Hosea 7:12 Lit report
- Hosea 7:14 Or LXX and many ancient mss gash themselves
- Hosea 7:16 Or possibly to the Most High
- Hosea 7:16 Lit cursing
- Hosea 8:1 Lit palate
- Hosea 8:4 Lit he
- Hosea 8:5 Or Your calf has rejected you
- Hosea 8:6 Or splinters
- Hosea 8:7 Lit growth
- Hosea 8:7 Or meal
- Hosea 8:9 Lit love gifts
- Hosea 8:10 Or recruit allies
- Hosea 9:1 Lit to
- Hosea 9:1 Lit peoples
- Hosea 9:1 Lit away from your God
- Hosea 9:1 Lit all threshing floors of grain
- Hosea 9:2 Lit her
- Hosea 9:4 Or they offer to Him their
- Hosea 9:4 Lit bread of mourning
- Hosea 9:4 Lit their soul
- Hosea 9:7 Or Israel will know this
- Hosea 9:7 Lit man of the spirit
- Hosea 9:7 Or persecution
- Hosea 9:8 Or persecution
- Hosea 9:10 I.e., Baal
- Hosea 9:12 Lit without a person
Hosea 6-9
New International Version
Hosea 6-9
New International Version
Israel Unrepentant
6 “Come, let us return(A) to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces(B)
but he will heal us;(C)
he has injured us
but he will bind up our wounds.(D)
2 After two days he will revive us;(E)
on the third day(F) he will restore(G) us,
that we may live in his presence.
3 Let us acknowledge the Lord;
let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,(H)
like the spring rains that water the earth.(I)”
4 “What can I do with you, Ephraim?(J)
What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist,
like the early dew that disappears.(K)
5 Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,
I killed you with the words of my mouth(L)—
then my judgments go forth like the sun.[a](M)
6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,(N)
and acknowledgment(O) of God rather than burnt offerings.(P)
7 As at Adam,[b] they have broken the covenant;(Q)
they were unfaithful(R) to me there.
8 Gilead is a city of evildoers,(S)
stained with footprints of blood.
9 As marauders lie in ambush for a victim,(T)
so do bands of priests;
they murder(U) on the road to Shechem,
carrying out their wicked schemes.(V)
10 I have seen a horrible(W) thing in Israel:
There Ephraim is given to prostitution,
Israel is defiled.(X)
11 “Also for you, Judah,
a harvest(Y) is appointed.
“Whenever I would restore the fortunes(Z) of my people,
7 1 whenever I would heal Israel,
the sins of Ephraim are exposed
and the crimes of Samaria revealed.(AA)
They practice deceit,(AB)
thieves break into houses,(AC)
bandits rob in the streets;(AD)
2 but they do not realize
that I remember(AE) all their evil deeds.(AF)
Their sins engulf them;(AG)
they are always before me.
3 “They delight the king with their wickedness,
the princes with their lies.(AH)
4 They are all adulterers,(AI)
burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
5 On the day of the festival of our king
the princes become inflamed with wine,(AJ)
and he joins hands with the mockers.(AK)
6 Their hearts are like an oven;(AL)
they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smolders all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot as an oven;
they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,(AM)
and none of them calls(AN) on me.
8 “Ephraim mixes(AO) with the nations;
Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
9 Foreigners sap his strength,(AP)
but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
but he does not notice.
10 Israel’s arrogance testifies against him,(AQ)
but despite all this
he does not return(AR) to the Lord his God
or search(AS) for him.
11 “Ephraim is like a dove,(AT)
easily deceived and senseless—
now calling to Egypt,(AU)
now turning to Assyria.(AV)
12 When they go, I will throw my net(AW) over them;
I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.
When I hear them flocking together,
I will catch them.
13 Woe(AX) to them,
because they have strayed(AY) from me!
Destruction to them,
because they have rebelled against me!
I long to redeem them
but they speak about me(AZ) falsely.(BA)
14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts(BB)
but wail on their beds.
They slash themselves,[c] appealing to their gods
for grain and new wine,(BC)
but they turn away from me.(BD)
15 I trained(BE) them and strengthened their arms,
but they plot evil(BF) against me.
16 They do not turn to the Most High;(BG)
they are like a faulty bow.(BH)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of their insolent(BI) words.
For this they will be ridiculed(BJ)
in the land of Egypt.(BK)
Israel to Reap the Whirlwind
8 “Put the trumpet(BL) to your lips!
An eagle(BM) is over the house of the Lord
because the people have broken my covenant(BN)
and rebelled against my law.(BO)
2 Israel cries out to me,
‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’
3 But Israel has rejected what is good;
an enemy will pursue him.(BP)
4 They set up kings without my consent;
they choose princes without my approval.(BQ)
With their silver and gold
they make idols(BR) for themselves
to their own destruction.
5 Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!(BS)
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of purity?(BT)
6 They are from Israel!
This calf—a metalworker has made it;
it is not God.(BU)
It will be broken in pieces,
that calf(BV) of Samaria.(BW)
7 “They sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.(BX)
The stalk has no head;
it will produce no flour.(BY)
Were it to yield grain,
foreigners would swallow it up.(BZ)
8 Israel is swallowed up;(CA)
now she is among the nations
like something no one wants.(CB)
9 For they have gone up to Assyria(CC)
like a wild donkey(CD) wandering alone.
Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.(CE)
10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations,
I will now gather them together.(CF)
They will begin to waste away(CG)
under the oppression of the mighty king.
11 “Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,
these have become altars for sinning.(CH)
12 I wrote for them the many things of my law,
but they regarded them as something foreign.(CI)
13 Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me,
and though they eat(CJ) the meat,
the Lord is not pleased with them.(CK)
Now he will remember(CL) their wickedness
and punish their sins:(CM)
They will return to Egypt.(CN)
14 Israel has forgotten(CO) their Maker(CP)
and built palaces;
Judah has fortified many towns.
But I will send fire on their cities
that will consume their fortresses.”(CQ)
Punishment for Israel
9 Do not rejoice, Israel;
do not be jubilant(CR) like the other nations.
For you have been unfaithful(CS) to your God;
you love the wages of a prostitute(CT)
at every threshing floor.
2 Threshing floors and winepresses will not feed the people;
the new wine(CU) will fail them.
3 They will not remain(CV) in the Lord’s land;
Ephraim will return to Egypt(CW)
and eat unclean food in Assyria.(CX)
4 They will not pour out wine offerings(CY) to the Lord,
nor will their sacrifices please(CZ) him.
Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners;(DA)
all who eat them will be unclean.(DB)
This food will be for themselves;
it will not come into the temple of the Lord.(DC)
5 What will you do(DD) on the day of your appointed festivals,(DE)
on the feast days of the Lord?
6 Even if they escape from destruction,
Egypt will gather them,(DF)
and Memphis(DG) will bury them.(DH)
Their treasures of silver(DI) will be taken over by briers,
and thorns(DJ) will overrun their tents.
7 The days of punishment(DK) are coming,
the days of reckoning(DL) are at hand.
Let Israel know this.
Because your sins(DM) are so many
and your hostility so great,
the prophet is considered a fool,(DN)
the inspired person a maniac.(DO)
8 The prophet, along with my God,
is the watchman over Ephraim,[d]
yet snares(DP) await him on all his paths,
and hostility in the house of his God.(DQ)
9 They have sunk deep into corruption,(DR)
as in the days of Gibeah.(DS)
God will remember(DT) their wickedness
and punish them for their sins.(DU)
10 “When I found Israel,
it was like finding grapes in the desert;
when I saw your ancestors,
it was like seeing the early fruit(DV) on the fig(DW) tree.
But when they came to Baal Peor,(DX)
they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol(DY)
and became as vile as the thing they loved.
11 Ephraim’s glory(DZ) will fly away like a bird(EA)—
no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.(EB)
12 Even if they rear children,
I will bereave(EC) them of every one.
Woe(ED) to them
when I turn away from them!(EE)
13 I have seen Ephraim,(EF) like Tyre,
planted in a pleasant place.(EG)
But Ephraim will bring out
their children to the slayer.”(EH)
14 Give them, Lord—
what will you give them?
Give them wombs that miscarry
and breasts that are dry.(EI)
15 “Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal,(EJ)
I hated them there.
Because of their sinful deeds,(EK)
I will drive them out of my house.
I will no longer love them;(EL)
all their leaders are rebellious.(EM)
16 Ephraim(EN) is blighted,
their root is withered,
they yield no fruit.(EO)
Even if they bear children,
I will slay(EP) their cherished offspring.”
Notas al pie
- Hosea 6:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
- Hosea 6:7 Or Like Adam; or Like human beings
- Hosea 7:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts They gather together
- Hosea 9:8 Or The prophet is the watchman over Ephraim, / the people of my God
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