Hosea 6 - NKJV Bible Online

Hosea 6

Come,^a and let us return to the Lord;

For ^bHe has torn, but ^cHe will heal us;

He has stricken, but He will ¹bind us up.

^aAfter two days He will revive us;

On the third day He will raise us up,

That we may live in His sight.

^aLet us know,

Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.

His going forth is established ^bas the morning;

^cHe will come to us ^dlike the rain,

Like the latter and former rain to the earth.

“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 ^athe words of My mouth;

And ¹your judgments are like light that goes forth.

For I desire ^amercy¹ and ^bnot sacrifice,

And the ^cknowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

“But like ¹men they transgressed the covenant;

There they dealt treacherously with Me.

^aGilead is a city of evildoers

And ¹defiled with blood.

As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man,

So the company of ^apriests ^bmurder on the way to Shechem;

Surely they commit ^clewdness.

I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel:

There is the ¹harlotry of Ephraim;

Israel is defiled.

Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you,

When I return the captives of My people.