<< Hosea 6 >> New American Standard Bible © The Response to God’s Rebuke 1 “Come, let us return to the LORD.  For He has torn us, but He will heal us;  He has wounded us, but He will bandage us. 2 “He will revive us after two days;  He will raise us up on the third day,  That we may live before Him. 3 “So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD.  His going forth is as certain as the dawn;  And He will come to us like the rain,  Like the spring rain watering the earth.” 4 What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?  What shall I do with you, O Judah?  For your loyalty is like a morning cloud  And like the dew which goes away early. 5 Therefore I have hewn them in pieces by the prophets;  I have slain them by the words of My mouth;  And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth. 6 For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice,  And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. 7 But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant;  There they have dealt treacherously against Me. 8 Gilead is a city of wrongdoers,  Tracked with bloody footprints. 9 And as raiders wait for a man,  So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem;  Surely they have committed crime. 10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;  Ephraim’s harlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself. 11 Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you,  When I restore the fortunes of My people. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. Online Parallel Bible