6Hosea 6

The 's People Speak

1Let's return to the Lord. He has torn us to shreds, but he will bandage our wounds and make us well.Select Hosea 6:1

2In two or three days he will heal us and restore our strength that we may live with him.Select Hosea 6:2

3Let's do our best to know the Lord. His coming is as certain as the morning sun; he will refresh us like rain renewing the earth in the springtime.Select Hosea 6:3

The Speaks to Israel and Judah

4People of Israel and Judah, what can I do with you? Your love for me disappears more quickly than mist or dew at sunrise.Select Hosea 6:4

5That's why I slaughtered you with the words of my prophets. That's why my judgments blazed like the dawning sun.Select Hosea 6:5

6I'd rather for you to be faithful and to know me than to offer sacrifices.Select Hosea 6:6

7At a place named Adam, you betrayed me by breaking our agreement.Select Hosea 6:7

8Everyone in Gilead is evil; your hands are stained with the blood of victims.Select Hosea 6:8

9You priests are like a gang of robbers in ambush. On the road to Shechem you murder and commit other horrible crimes.Select Hosea 6:9

10I have seen a terrible thing in Israel— you are unfaithful and unfit to worship me.Select Hosea 6:10

11People of Judah, your time is coming too. I, the Lord, would like to make my nation prosper againSelect Hosea 6:11