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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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 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class="v28_6_2"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.6.2" class="v28_6_2">2</span>In two or three days</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_6_2">he will heal us</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_2">and restore our strength</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_6_2">that we may live with him.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_3"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.6.3" class="v28_6_3">3</span>Let's do our best</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_6_3">to know the <span class="nd">Lord</span>.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_3">His coming is as certain</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_6_3">as the morning sun;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_3">he will refresh us like rain</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_3">renewing the earth</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_6_3">in the springtime.</span></p><h3 class="s1">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> Speaks to Israel and Judah</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_4"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.6.4" class="v28_6_4">4</span>People of Israel and Judah,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_6_4">what can I do with you?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_4">Your love for me disappears</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_4">more quickly than mist</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_6_4">or dew at sunrise.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_5"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.6.5" class="v28_6_5">5</span>That's why I slaughtered you</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_5">with the words</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_6_5">of my prophets.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_5">That's why my judgments blazed</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_6_5">like the dawning sun.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.6.5!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_6"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.6.6" class="v28_6_6">6</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.6.6!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I'd rather for you to be faithful</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_6">and to know me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_6_6">than to offer sacrifices.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_7"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.6.7" class="v28_6_7">7</span>At a place named Adam,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_7">you<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.6.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> betrayed me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_6_7">by breaking our agreement.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_8"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.6.8" class="v28_6_8">8</span>Everyone in Gilead is evil;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_8">your hands are stained</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_6_8">with the blood of victims.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.6.8!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_9"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.6.9" class="v28_6_9">9</span>You priests are like a gang</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_6_9">of robbers in ambush.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.6.9!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_9">On the road to Shechem<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.6.9!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_9">you murder and commit</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_6_9">other horrible crimes.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_10"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.6.10" class="v28_6_10">10</span>I have seen a terrible thing</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_6_10">in Israel—</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_10">you are unfaithful</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_6_10">and unfit to worship me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_11"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.6.11" class="v28_6_11">11</span>People of Judah,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_6_11">your time is coming too.</span></p><h3 class="s1">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> Wants To Help Israel</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_11">I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, would like to make</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_6_11">my nation prosper again</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">6.5 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">That's why my … sun: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">6.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">At … you: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “Like Adam, you” or “Each one of you.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">6.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">your hands … victims: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">This may refer to child sacrifice.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">6.9 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">You … ambush: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">6.9 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Shechem: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">This was one of the towns where people could run for safety, if they had accidentally killed someone (see Joshua 20.1-9).</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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