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Hosea 6
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1“Come, and let us return to Yahweh;
- for he has torn us to pieces,
- and he will heal us;
- he has injured us,
- and he will bind up our wounds.
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2After two days he will revive us.
- On the third day he will raise us up,
- and we will live before him.
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3Let us acknowledge Yahweh.
- Let us press on to know Yahweh.
- As surely as the sun rises,
- Yahweh will appear.
- He will come to us like the rain,
- like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
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4“Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
- Judah, what shall I do to you?
- For your love is like a morning cloud,
- and like the dew that disappears early.
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5Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets;
- I killed them with the words of my mouth.
- Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
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6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;
- and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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7But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant.
- They were unfaithful to me, there.
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8Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity;
- it is stained with blood.
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9As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man,
- so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem,
- committing shameful crimes.
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10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing.
- There is prostitution in Ephraim.
- Israel is defiled.
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11“Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you,
- when I restore the fortunes of my people.
