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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Hosea 6 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/hosea/6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/hosea/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Hosea 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hosea/5.htm" title="Hosea 5">◄</a> Hosea 6 <a href="../hosea/7.htm" title="Hosea 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/hosea/6.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“Come, let us return to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent">for he has torn us, that he may heal us;</span><br /><span class="indent">he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">After two days he will revive us;</span><br /><span class="indent">on the third day he will raise us up,</span><br /><span class="indent">that we may live before him.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let us know; let us press on to know the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent">his going out is sure as the dawn;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">he will come to us as the showers,</span><br /><span class="indent">as the spring rains that water the earth.”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?</span><br /><span class="indent">What shall I do with you, O Judah?</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Your love is like a morning cloud,</span><br /><span class="indent">like the dew that goes early away.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;</span><br /><span class="indent">I have slain them by the words of my mouth,</span><br /><span class="indent">and my judgment goes forth as the light.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For I desire steadfast love<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint mercy">a</a></sup></span> and not sacrifice,</span><br /><span class="indent">the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But like Adam they transgressed the covenant;</span><br /><span class="indent">there they dealt faithlessly with me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Gilead is a city of evildoers,</span><br /><span class="indent">tracked with blood.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">As robbers lie in wait for a man,</span><br /><span class="indent">so the priests band together;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">they murder on the way to Shechem;</span><br /><span class="indent">they commit villainy.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;</span><br /><span class="indent">Ephraim’s whoredom is there; Israel is defiled.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed.</span></p><p class="line-group"><span class="ln-group">When I restore the fortunes of my people,</span><br /><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Septuagint <i>mercy</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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