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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">Christian Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/csb/esv/hosea/6.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><section epub:type="chapter" id="csb-Hosea.6" /><h3 class="head1">A Call to Repentance</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.6.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Come, let’s return to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">For he has torn us,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.1.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and he will heal us;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.1.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">he has wounded us,</p><p class="poem">and he will bind up our wounds.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.1.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.6.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He will revive us after two days,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and on the third day he will raise us up</p><p class="poem">so we can live in his presence.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.6.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Let’s strive to know the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">His appearance is as sure as the dawn.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">He will come to us like the rain,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.3.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">like the spring showers that water the land.</p></blockquote><h3 class="head1">The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s First Lament</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.6.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>What am I going to do with you, Ephraim?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">What am I going to do with you, Judah?</p><p class="poem">Your love is like the morning mist<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and like the early dew that vanishes.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.6.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>This is why I have used the prophets</p><p class="poem">to cut them down;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Hosea.6.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">I have killed them with the words from my mouth.</p><p class="poem">My judgment strikes like lightning.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Hosea.6.5.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.6.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice,</p><p class="poem">the knowledge of God<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> rather than burnt offerings.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.6.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But they, like Adam,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Hosea.6.7.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> have violated the covenant;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">there they have betrayed me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.6.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Gilead is a city of evildoers,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">tracked with bloody footprints.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.6.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Like raiders who wait in ambush for someone,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.9.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">They commit atrocities.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.9.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.6.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I have seen something horrible<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> in the house of Israel:</p><p class="poem">Ephraim’s promiscuity is there;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> Israel is defiled.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.6.11" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>A harvest is also appointed for you, Judah.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">When I restore the fortunes of my people,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.6.11.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><br /><section id="footnotes-Hosea.6" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Hosea.6.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.5">6:5</a></span> Or <span class="italic">have cut down the prophets</span></aside><aside id="fn.Hosea.6.5.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.5">6:5</a></span> LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads <span class="italic">Your judgments go out as light</span></aside><aside id="fn.Hosea.6.7.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.7">6:7</a></span> Or <span class="italic">they, as at Adam</span>, or <span class="italic">they, like men,</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Hosea.6" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.1">6:1</a></span> Jr 50:4–5</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.1">6:1</a></span> Hs 5:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.1.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.1">6:1</a></span> Hs 14:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.1.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.1">6:1</a></span> Is 30:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.2">6:2</a></span> Ps 30:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.2">6:2</a></span> Dt 32:39</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.3">6:3</a></span> Is 2:3; Mc 4:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.3">6:3</a></span> Ps 19:6; Mc 5:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.3.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.3">6:3</a></span> Jl 2:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.4">6:4</a></span> Hs 7:1; 11:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.4">6:4</a></span> Ps 78:34–37</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.5">6:5</a></span> 1Sm 15:32–33; Jr 1:10,18; 5:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.6">6:6</a></span> Hs 4:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.6">6:6</a></span> Mt 9:13; 12:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.7">6:7</a></span> Hs 8:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.7">6:7</a></span> Hs 5:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.8">6:8</a></span> Hs 12:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.8">6:8</a></span> Hs 4:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.9">6:9</a></span> Hs 7:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.9.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.9">6:9</a></span> Jr 7:9–10; Hs 4:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.9.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.9">6:9</a></span> Ezk 22:9; 23:27; Hs 2:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.10">6:10</a></span> Jr 5:30–31; 23:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.10">6:10</a></span> Hs 5:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.11">6:11</a></span> Jr 51:33; Jl 3:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.6.11.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.6.11">6:11</a></span> Zph 2:7</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Hosea.6" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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