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# Hosea 6
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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.
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2. After 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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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.”
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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.
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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.
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6. For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
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7. But like Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.
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8. Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.
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9. As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to Shechem; they commit villainy.
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10. In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim’s whoredom is there; Israel is defiled.
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11. For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed. When I restore the fortunes of my people,
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