Hosea 6 (NET)

Hosea 6:1¹Come on! Let’s return to the Lord. He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Hosea 6:2²He will restore us in a very short time; he will heal us in a little while, so that we may live in his presence.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Hosea 6:3³So let us search for him! Let us seek to know the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Hosea 6:4⁴What am I going to do with you, O Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, O Judah? For your faithfulness is as fleeting as the morning mist; it disappears as quickly as dawn’s dew.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Hosea 6:5⁵Therefore, I will certainly cut you into pieces at the hands of the prophets; I will certainly kill you in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment, for my judgment will come forth like the light of the dawn.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Hosea 6:6⁶For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Hosea 6:7⁷At Adam they broke the covenant; Oh how they were unfaithful to me!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Hosea 6:8⁸Gilead is a city full of evildoers; its streets are stained with bloody footprints!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Hosea 6:9⁹The company of priests is like a gang of robbers, lying in ambush to pounce on a victim. They commit murder on the road to Shechem; they have done heinous crimes!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Hosea 6:10¹⁰I have seen a disgusting thing in the house of Israel: there Ephraim commits prostitution with other gods, and Israel defiles itself.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Hosea 6:11¹¹I have appointed a time to reap judgment for you also, O Judah! Whenever I want to restore the fortunes of my people,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions