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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">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch35006" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn35006" class="cn"></h1> <div class="senseline"> <p class="sl1f"><span id="v35006001" class="ver">1</span>“Come, let us return to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,<a id="ren35006001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35006001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl">For it is he who has torn, but he will heal us;</p> <p class="sl1">he has struck down, but he will bind our wounds.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35006002" class="ver">2</span>He will revive us after two days;</p> <p class="sl1">on the third day<a id="rfn35006002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35006002-1">*</a> he will raise us up,<a id="ren35006002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35006002-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl1">to live in his presence.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35006003" class="ver">3</span>Let us know, let us strive to know the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>;</p> <p class="sl1">as certain as the dawn is his coming.</p> <p class="sl">He will come to us like the rain,</p> <p class="sl1">like spring rain that waters the earth.”<a id="ren35006003-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35006003-c">c</a></p> <p class="slf"><span id="v35006004" class="ver">4</span>What can I do with you, Ephraim?</p> <p class="sl1">What can I do with you, Judah?</p> <p class="sl">Your loyalty is like morning mist,</p> <p class="sl1">like the dew that disappears early.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35006005" class="ver">5</span>For this reason I struck them down through the prophets,</p> <p class="sl1">I killed them by the words of my mouth;<a id="rfn35006005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35006005-1">*</a> <a id="ren35006005-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35006005-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl1">my judgment shines forth like the light.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35006006" class="ver">6</span>For it is loyalty that I desire, not sacrifice,</p> <p class="sl1">and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.<a id="ren35006006-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35006006-e">e</a></p> </div> <section> <h2 class="ah">Further Crimes of Israel</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v35006007" class="ver">7</span>But they, at Adam,<a id="rfn35006007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35006007-1">*</a> violated the covenant;</p> <p class="sl1">there they betrayed me.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v35006008" class="ver">8</span>Gilead<a id="rfn35006008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35006008-1">*</a> is a city of evildoers,</p> <p class="sl1">tracked with blood.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35006009" class="ver">9</span>Like brigands lying in wait</p> <p class="sl1">is the band of priests.</p> <p class="sl">They murder on the road to Shechem,<a id="rfn35006009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35006009-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">indeed they commit a monstrous crime.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35006010" class="ver">10</span>In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing:</p> <p class="sl1">there is found Ephraim’s prostitution,</p> <p class="sl1">Israel is defiled.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35006011" class="ver">11</span>For you also, Judah,</p> <p class="sl1">a harvest<a id="rfn35006011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35006011-1">*</a> has been appointed!</p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span 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