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Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

 “Come, let us return to the Lord;
for he has torn us, that he may heal us;
he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
² After two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
³ Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord;
his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us as the showers,
as the spring rains that water the earth.”

⁴ What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, O Judah?
Your love is like a morning cloud,
like the dew that goes early away.
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.
⁶ For I desire steadfast love^[a] and not sacrifice,
the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

⁷ But like Adam they transgressed the covenant;
there they dealt faithlessly with me.
⁸ Gilead is a city of evildoers,
tracked with blood.
⁹ As robbers lie in wait for a man,
so the priests band together;
they murder on the way to Shechem;
they commit villainy.
¹⁰ In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;
Ephraim's whoredom is there; Israel is defiled.

¹¹ For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed,
when I restore the fortunes of my people.

Footnotes:

1. Hosea 6:6 Septuagint mercy

Cross references:

1. Hosea 6:1 : ch. 14:1; [ch. 3:5]
2. Hosea 6:1 : ch. 5:14; [ch. 13:7, 8]
3. Hosea 6:1 : [Isa. 30:26]
4. Hosea 6:2 : Ps. 71:20; [Luke 24:27, 44; John 2:22; 20:9; 1 Cor. 15:4]
5. Hosea 6:3 : [ch. 4:6]
6. Hosea 6:3 : [ch. 4:6]
7. Hosea 6:3 : Mic. 5:2
8. Hosea 6:3 : [ch. 14:5]
9. Hosea 6:3 : Joel 2:23
10. Hosea 6:4 : [ch. 11:8]
11. Hosea 6:4 : ver. 10, 11; ch. 4:15; 5:5; 8:14; 10:11; 11:12; 12:1, 2; See ch. 5:9-14
12. Hosea 6:4 : ver. 10, 11; ch. 4:15; 5:5; 8:14; 10:11; 11:12; 12:1, 2; See ch. 5:9-14
13. Hosea 6:4 : ch. 13:3
14. Hosea 6:4 : ch. 13:3
15. Hosea 6:5 : Jer. 23:29; [Heb. 4:12]
16. Hosea 6:6 : Cited Matt. 9:13; 12:7; [1 Sam. 15:22]
17. Hosea 6:6 : [ch. 2:20]
18. Hosea 6:7 : [Gen. 3:11; Job 31:33; Rom. 5:14]
19. Hosea 6:7 : ch. 8:1; Deut. 17:2
20. Hosea 6:7 : ch. 5:7
21. Hosea 6:8 : [ch. 12:11]
22. Hosea 6:8 : See ch. 4:2
23. Hosea 6:9 : [ch. 5:1; 7:6]
24. Hosea 6:9 : Josh. 24:1
25. Hosea 6:10 : ch. 5:3; 7:4; [ch. 4:2, 12, 14; 9:10]
26. Hosea 6:10 : See ver. 4
27. Hosea 6:11 : [See ver. 10 above]; See ver. 4
28. Hosea 6:11 : See Joel 3:13
29. Hosea 6:11 : Ps. 126:1; [Job 42:10]