Hos 6 | NASB2020 | STEP | “ Come , let’s return to the Lord . For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.

Hosea 6

The Response to God’s Rebuke

1 “ ^aCome, let’s return to the Lord.
For ^bHe has torn us, but ^cHe will heal us;
He has ^{▼▼Lit struck}wounded us, but He will ^ebandage us.
2 “He will ^frevive us after two days;
He will ^graise us up on the third day,
That we may live before Him.
3 “So let’s ^hlearn, let’s press on to know the Lord.
His ⁱappearance is as sure as the dawn;
And He will come to us like the ^jrain,
As the spring rain waters the earth.”

4 What shall I do with you, ^kEphraim?
What shall I do with you, Judah?
For your loyalty is like a ^lmorning cloud,
And like the dew which goes away early.
5 Therefore I have ^mcut them in pieces by the prophets;
I have slain them by the ⁿwords of My mouth;
And the judgments on you are like the light that ^{▼▼Lit proceeds}shines.
6 For ^pI ^{▼▼Or take pleasure in}desire loyalty ^rrather than sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 But ^slike ^{▼▼Or men}Adam they have ^uviolated the covenant;
There they have ^vdealt treacherously with Me.
8 ^wGilead is a city of wrongdoers,
Tracked with ^xbloody footprints.
9 And as a ^yband of robbers lie in wait for a person,
So a band of priests ^zmurder on the way to Shechem;
Certainly they have committed an act of ^aainfamy.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a ^abhorrible thing;
Ephraim’s ^acinfidelity is there, Israel has defiled itself.
11 Also, Judah, there is a ^adharvest appointed for you,
When I ^aerestore the fortunes of My people.