> [[hosea-05|← Previous]] | [[hosea-00|TOC]] | [[hosea-07|Next →]] --- # Hosea, Chapter 6 ## Chapter 6 1 “Come, let us return to the LORD, ^hosea-06-1 For it is he who has torn, but he will heal us; he has struck down, but he will bind our wounds. 2 He will revive us after two days; ^hosea-06-2 on the third day he will raise us up, to live in his presence. 3 Let us know, let us strive to know the LORD; ^hosea-06-3 as certain as the dawn is his coming. He will come to us like the rain, like spring rain that waters the earth.” 4 What can I do with you, Ephraim? ^hosea-06-4 What can I do with you, Judah? Your loyalty is like morning mist, like the dew that disappears early. 5 For this reason I struck them down through the prophets, ^hosea-06-5 I killed them by the words of my mouth; my judgment shines forth like the light. 6 For it is loyalty that I desire, not sacrifice, ^hosea-06-6 and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. ### Further Crimes of Israel 7 But they, at Adam, violated the covenant; ^hosea-06-7 there they betrayed me. 8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, ^hosea-06-8 tracked with blood. 9 Like brigands lying in wait ^hosea-06-9 is the band of priests. They murder on the road to Shechem, indeed they commit a monstrous crime. 10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: ^hosea-06-10 there is found Ephraim’s prostitution, Israel is defiled. 11 For you also, Judah, ^hosea-06-11 a harvest has been appointed! \* (6:2) After two days; on the third day: presumptuous Israel expects that soon God will renew them (cf. [Ez 37]). \* (6:5) The word of God proclaimed by the prophets is effective, it accomplished what it promised: punishment. \* (6:7) At Adam: the violation of the covenant at Adam is mentioned nowhere else in the Bible. The place Adam, the location of which is unknown, may be referred to in [Jos 3:16]. \* (6:8) Gilead: city in Transjordan ([Gn 31:46] – [48]; [[2-kings-15|2 Kgs 15]]:25). \* (6:9) Shechem: an important ancient religious and political center ([Jos 24]). \* (6:11) Harvest: God’s judgment, when Judah will reap what it has sown. a. (6:1) [Lam 3:40]. b. (6:2) ([[luke-24|Lk 24]]:7], [46]; [1 Cor 15:4]. c. (6:3) [Dt 11:14]; [Ps 72:6]. d. (6:5) [[isaiah-11|Is 11]]:4; [49:2]; [Jer 5:14]; [Heb 4:12] – [13]. e. (6:6) [1 Sm 15:22]; [Am 5:22] – [24]; [Mi 6:6] – [8]; [Eccl 4:17]; ([[matthew-09|Mt 9]]:13]; [12:7]. --- _New American Bible, revised edition_ (2010, 1991, 1986, 1970) Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. > [[hosea-05|← Previous]] | [[hosea-00|TOC]] | [[hosea-07|Next →]]