Hosea 6
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Hosea 6
A Call to Repentance
1 #
Isa 30.26; Jer 50.4, 5; Hos 5.14; 14.4 “Come, let us return to the LORD,
for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us;
he has struck down, and he will bind us up.
2After two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
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Ps 19.6; Isa 2.3; Joel 2.23; Mic 4.2; 5.2 Let us know, let us press on to know the LORD;
his appearing is as sure as the dawn;
he will come to us like the showers,
like the spring rains that water the earth.”
Impenitence of Israel and Judah
4 #
Hos 7.1; 11.8; 13.3 What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, O Judah?
Your love is like a morning cloud,
like the dew that goes away early.
5 #
v 3
; Jer 1.10, 18; Heb 4.12Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
I have killed them by the words of my mouth,
and my#6.5 Gk Syr: Heb your judgment goes forth as the light.
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Ps 50.8, 9; Hos 2.20; Mt 9.13 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,
the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7But at#6.7 Cn: Heb like Adam they transgressed the covenant;
there they dealt faithlessly with me.
8Gilead is a city of evildoers,
tracked with blood.
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Jer 7.9, 10; Ezek 22.9; 23.27; Hos 7.1 As robbers lie in wait#6.9 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain for someone,
so the priests are banded together;#6.9 Syr: Heb are a company
they murder on the road to Shechem;
they commit a monstrous crime.
10 #
Jer 5.30, 31; Hos 5.3 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;
Ephraim’s prostitution is there; Israel is defiled.
11 #
Joel 3.13; Zeph 2.7 For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed.
When I would restore the fortunes of my people,
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