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Hosea 6

The Response to God's Rebuke

1

aCome, let us return to the LORD. For  bHe has torn us, but  cHe will heal us; He has  1wounded us, but He will  dbandage us.

2

"He will  arevive us after two days; He will  braise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him.

3

"So let us  aknow, let us press on to know the LORD. His  bgoing forth is as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the  crain, Like the spring rain watering the earth."

4

What shall I do with you, O  aEphraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your  1loyalty is like a  bmorning cloud And like the dew which goes away early.

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Therefore I have  ahewn them in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the  bwords of My mouth; And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.

6

For  aI delight in loyalty  brather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

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But  alike  1Adam they have  btransgressed the covenant; There they have  cdealt treacherously against Me.

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 aGilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with  bbloody footprints.

9

And as  araiders wait for a man, So a band of priests  bmurder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed  1 ccrime.

10

In the house of Israel I have seen a  ahorrible thing; Ephraim's  bharlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself.

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Also, O Judah, there is a  aharvest appointed for you, When I  brestore the fortunes of My people.



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