Come, Let us Return to the Lord

from the series The Gospel According to Hosea

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    By:
    Paul Goebel
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    Hosea 6

  • Hosea 6

    Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

    6:1   “Come, let us return to the LORD;
        for he has torn us, that he may heal us;
        he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
    2   After two days he will revive us;
        on the third day he will raise us up,
        that we may live before him.
    3   Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD;
        his going out is sure as the dawn;
      he will come to us as the showers,
        as the spring rains that water the earth.”
    4   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 early away.
    5   Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
        I have slain them by the words of my mouth,
        and my judgment goes forth as the light.
    6   For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,
        the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
    7   But like Adam they transgressed the covenant;
        there they dealt faithlessly with me.
    8   Gilead is a city of evildoers,
        tracked with blood.
    9   As robbers lie in wait for a man,
        so the priests band together;
      they murder on the way to Shechem;
        they commit villainy.
    10   In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;
        Ephraim’s whoredom is there; Israel is defiled.
    11   For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed.
      When I restore the fortunes of my people,