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<p class="indent2"> What shall I do with you, O Judah? <p class="indent1"> For your loyalty is like a morning mist, <p class="indent2"> like the early dew that vanishes. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; <p class="indent2"> I have slain them by the words of My mouth, <p class="indent2"> and My judgments go forth like lightning. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent2"> and the knowledge of God <p class="indent2"> rather than burnt offerings. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But they, like Adam, have transgressed<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> the covenant; <p class="indent2"> there they were unfaithful to Me. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Gilead is a city of evildoers, <p class="indent2"> tracked with footprints of blood. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Like raiders who lie in ambush, <p class="indent2"> so does a band of priests; <p class="indent1"> they murder on the way to Shechem; <p class="indent2"> surely they have committed atrocities. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>In the house of Israel <p class="indent2"> I have seen a horrible thing: <p class="indent1"> Ephraim practices prostitution there, <p class="indent2"> and Israel is defiled. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Also for you, O Judah, <p class="indent2"> a harvest is appointed, <p class="indent1"> when I restore <p class="indent2"> My people from captivity.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> </p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verse 10<br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Cited in <a href="../matthew/9.htm#13">Matthew 9:13</a> and <a href="../matthew/12.htm#7">Matthew 12:7</a><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>As at Adam, they have transgressed</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>restore the fortunes of My people</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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