{"book":"Hosea","slug":"hosea","ch":6,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Hosea","prev":"hosea/5","next":"hosea/7","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Come, let us return to the LORD."},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For He has torn us to pieces,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but He will heal us;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"He has wounded us,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but He will bind up our wounds."}],"h":"The Unrepentance of Israel and Judah","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"After two days He will revive us;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"on the third day He will raise us up,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that we may live in His presence."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"So let us know — let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"So let us know —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let us press on to know the LORD."},{"style":"indent1","t":"As surely as the sun rises,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He will appear;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"He will come to us like the rain,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like the spring showers that water the earth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.","f":["That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verse 10"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"What shall I do with you, O Judah?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"For your loyalty is like a morning mist,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like the early dew that vanishes."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"Therefore I have hewn [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Therefore I have hewn [them] by the prophets;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I have slain them by the words of My mouth,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and My judgments go forth like lightning."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.","f":["Cited in Matthew 9:13 and Matthew 12:7"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the knowledge of God"},{"style":"indent2","t":"rather than burnt offerings."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.","f":["Or As at Adam, they have transgressed"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"there they were unfaithful to Me."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Gilead is a city of evildoers,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"tracked with footprints of blood."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"Like raiders who lie in ambush, [so does] a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Like raiders who lie in ambush,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[so does] a band of priests;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"they murder on the way to Shechem;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"surely they have committed atrocities."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, [and] Israel is defiled.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"In the house of Israel"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I have seen a horrible thing:"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Ephraim practices prostitution there,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] Israel is defiled."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.","f":["Or restore the fortunes of My people"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Also for you, O Judah,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a harvest is appointed,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"when I restore"},{"style":"indent2","t":"My people from captivity."}],"style":"indent1stline"}]}