Hoseachapter 6

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1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

2 After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

3 So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

4 What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.

6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

7 But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.

9 Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.

11 Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.

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Chapter summary

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The people's repentance song opens the chapter ('he hath torn, and he will heal us… after two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up') and the church has never read those words apart from Christ's rising. But God tests the song: 'O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? … your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.' He has hewn them by the prophets. Then the line Jesus quotes twice in Matthew: 'I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings' (6:6).

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Hosea — Hosea overview

A. 1–3 Come, let us return; he will bind us up
B. 4–6 Your goodness is a morning cloud — I desire mercy
C. 7–11 Priests who murder on the road to Shechem

Top cross-references8 chapters ▾

Hosea 52 verses
- Hosea 5:3I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.
- Hosea 5:7They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
- Read Hosea 5 →
Job 51 verse
- Job 5:18For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
- Read Job 5 →
Deuteronomy 321 verse
- Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
- Read Deuteronomy 32 →
1 Samuel 21 verse
- 1 Samuel 2:6The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
- Read 1 Samuel 2 →

4 more chapters this one speaks with

2 Kings 201 verse
- 2 Kings 20:5“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
- Read 2 Kings 20 →
1 Corinthians 151 verse
- 1 Corinthians 15:4that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
- Read 1 Corinthians 15 →
Isaiah 261 verse
- Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
- Read Isaiah 26 →
Jeremiah 241 verse
- Jeremiah 24:7I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
- Read Jeremiah 24 →

Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.