Hoseachapter 6

11 verses · BSBHosea book hub →

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.

← Back: Hosea 5 Continue: Hosea 7 →

Chapter summary

Read the rest, the context and the outline ▾Show less ▴

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 →
Ezekiel 371 verse
- Ezekiel 37:11Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
- Read Ezekiel 37 →
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.