Hosea 6
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"Come, let us y return to the Lord;
for z he has torn us, that he may heal us;
he has struck us down, and a he will bind us up.
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After two days b he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
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c Let us know; c let us press on to know the Lord;
d his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us e as the showers,
f as the spring rains that water the earth."
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What shall I do with you, g O h Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, O h Judah?
Your love is i like a morning cloud,
i like the dew that goes early away.
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Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
I have slain them j by the words of my mouth,
and my judgment goes forth as the light.
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For k I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,
l the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
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But m like Adam they n transgressed the covenant;
o there they dealt faithlessly with me.
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p Gilead is a city of evildoers,
q tracked with blood.
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As robbers r lie in wait for a man,
so the priests band together;
they murder on the way to s Shechem;
they commit villainy.
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In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;
t Ephraim's whoredom is there; u Israel is defiled.
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For you also, O u Judah, v a harvest is appointed,
when w I restore the fortunes of my people.
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Cross References
Hosea 14:1
Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
Hosea 3:5
Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days.
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Cross References
Hosea 5:14
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.
Hosea 13:7 - 8
So I am to them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
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Cross References
Isaiah 30:26
Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord binds up the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.
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Cross References
Psalms 71:20
You who have made me see many troubles and cala...
Luke 24:27
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, ...
Luke 24:44
Then he said to them, "These are my words that ...
John 2:22
When therefore he was raised from the dead, his...
John 20:9
For as yet they did not understand the Scriptur...
1 Corinthians 15:4
That he was buried, that he was raised on the t...
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Cross References
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
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Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
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Cross References
Micah 5:2
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.
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Cross References
Hosea 14:5
I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon.
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Cross References
Joel 2:23
Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given the early rain for your vindication; he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before.
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Cross References
Hosea 11:8
How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.
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Cross References
Hosea 6:10 - 11
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible t...
Hosea 4:15
Though you play the whore, O Israel, let not Ju...
Hosea 5:5
The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Isra...
Hosea 8:14
For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built pa...
Hosea 10:11
Ephraim was a trained calf that loved to thresh...
Hosea 11:12
Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the ho...
Hosea 12:1 - 2
Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east ...
Hosea 5:9 - 14
Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of...
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Cross References
Hosea 6:10 - 11
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible t...
Hosea 4:15
Though you play the whore, O Israel, let not Ju...
Hosea 5:5
The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Isra...
Hosea 8:14
For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built pa...
Hosea 10:11
Ephraim was a trained calf that loved to thresh...
Hosea 11:12
Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the ho...
Hosea 12:1 - 2
Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east ...
Hosea 5:9 - 14
Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of...
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Cross References
Hosea 13:3
Therefore they shall be like the morning mist or like the dew that goes early away, like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor or like smoke from a window.
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Cross References
Hosea 13:3
Therefore they shall be like the morning mist or like the dew that goes early away, like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor or like smoke from a window.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 23:29
Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
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Cross References
Matthew 9:13
Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
Matthew 12:7
And if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, "Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
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Cross References
Hosea 2:20
I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the Lord.
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Cross References
Genesis 3:11
He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?
Job 31:33
If I have concealed my transgressions as others do by hiding my iniquity in my bosom.
Romans 5:14
Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
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Cross References
Hosea 8:1
Set the trumpet to your lips! One like a vulture is over the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant and rebelled against my law.
Deuteronomy 17:2
If there is found among you, within any of your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, a man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, in transgressing his covenant.
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Cross References
Hosea 5:7
They have dealt faithlessly with the Lord ; for they have borne alien children. Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields.
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Cross References
Hosea 12:11
If there is iniquity in Gilead, they shall surely come to nothing: in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars also are like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.
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Cross References
Hosea 4:2
There is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
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Cross References
Hosea 5:1
Hear this, O priests! Pay attention, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For the judgment is for you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor.
Hosea 7:6
For with hearts like an oven they approach their intrigue; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
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Cross References
Joshua 24:1
Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel. And they presented themselves before God.
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Cross References
Hosea 5:3
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from m...
Hosea 7:4
They are all adulterers; they are like a heated...
Hosea 4:2
There is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and...
Hosea 4:12
My people inquire of a piece of wood, and their...
Hosea 4:14
I will not punish your daughters when they play...
Hosea 9:10
Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel. ...
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Cross References
Hosea 6:4
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.
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Cross References
Hosea 6:10
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's whoredom is there; Israel is defiled.
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Cross References
Joel 3:13
Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the winepress is full. The vats overflow, for their evil is great.
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Cross References
Psalms 126:1
When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
Job 42:10
And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
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