Hosea 6
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Come, a and let us return to the LORD;
For b He has torn, but c He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will bind us up.
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d After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.
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e Let us know,
Let us pursue the knowledge of the LORD.
His going forth is established f as the morning;
g He will come to us h like the rain,
Like the latter and former rain to the earth.
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"O Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
O Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
And like the early dew it goes away.
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Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets,
I have slain them by i the words of My mouth;
And your judgments are like light that goes forth.
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For I desire j mercy and k not sacrifice,
And the l knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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"But like men they transgressed the covenant;
There they dealt treacherously with Me.
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m Gilead is a city of evildoers
And defiled with blood.
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As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man,
So the company of n priests o murder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they commit p lewdness.
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I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel:
There is the harlotry of Ephraim;
Israel is defiled.
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Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you,
When I return the captives of My people.
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Cross References
Isaiah 1:18
Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, "Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.
Acts 10:43
"To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins."
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Deuteronomy 32:39
Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.
Hosea 5:14
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, And like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them and go away; I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.
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Jeremiah 30:17
For I will restore health to you And heal you of your wounds,' says the LORD, 'Because they called you an outcast saying: "This is Zion; No one seeks her."
Hosea 14:4
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from him.
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Luke 24:46
Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day.
Acts 10:40
Him God raised up on the third day, and showed Him openly.
1 Corinthians 15:4
And that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.
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Isaiah 54:13
All your children shall be taught by the LORD, And great shall be the peace of your children.
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2 Samuel 23:4
And he shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises, A morning without clouds, Like the tender grass springing out of the earth, By clear shining after rain.
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Psalms 72:6
He shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing, Like showers that water the earth.
Joel 2:23
Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in the LORD your God; For He has given you the former rain faithfully, And He will cause the rain to come down for you - The former rain, And the latter rain in the first month.
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Job 29:23
They waited for me as for the rain, And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.
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Jeremiah 23:29
Is not My word like a fire?" says the LORD, "And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
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Matthew 9:13
"But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."
Matthew 12:7
But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
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Isaiah 1:12
When you come to appear before Me, Who has required this from your hand, To trample My courts?
Isaiah 1:13
Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies - I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.
Micah 6:6 - 8
With what shall I come before the LORD, And bow myself before the High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, With calves a year old?
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John 17:3
And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
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Hosea 12:11
Though Gilead has idols - Surely they are vanity - Though they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal, Indeed their altars shall be heaps in the furrows of the field.
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Hosea 5:1
Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For yours is the judgment, Because you have been a snare to Mizpah And a net spread on Tabor.
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Jeremiah 7:9
Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know.
Jeremiah 7:10
And then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, 'We are delivered to do all these abominations'?
Hosea 4:2
By swearing and lying, Killing and stealing and committing adultery, They break all restraint, With bloodshed upon bloodshed.
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Ezekiel 22:9
In you are men who slander to cause bloodshed; in you are those who eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness.
Ezekiel 23:27
'Thus I will make you cease your lewdness and your harlotry Brought from the land of Egypt, So that you will not lift your eyes to them, Nor remember Egypt anymore.'
Hosea 2:10
Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, And no one shall deliver her from My hand.
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