Hosea 6
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Words urging repentance | ||
| Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help. | Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. | |
Verse 1 WEB “Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds. KJV Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. TSK and let: ho 5:15, ho 14:1, isa 2:3, isa 55:7, jer 3:22, jer 50:4, la 3:40,41, zep 2:1; he hath torn: ho 5:12-14, ho 13:7-9, de 32:39, 1sa 2:6, job 5:18, job 34:29, ps 30:7, isa 30:22, jer 30:12, jer 33:5, la 3:32,33 |
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| After two days he will give us life, and on the third day he will make us get up, and we will be living before him. | After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. | |
Verse 2 WEB After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him. KJV After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. TSK two: ho 13:14, 2ki 20:5, ps 30:4, isa 26:19, eze 37:11-13, 1co 15:4; we: ge 17:18, ps 61:7, joh 14:19, ro 14:8 |
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| And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth. | Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. | |
Verse 3 WEB Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.” KJV Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. TSK we know: ho 2:20, isa 54:13, jer 24:7, mic 4:2, joh 17:3; if: pr 2:1-5, mt 13:11, joh 7:17, ac 17:11, php 3:13-15, heb 3:14; his going: 2sa 23:4, ps 19:4, pr 4:18, mal 4:2, lu 1:78, 2pe 1:19, re 22:16; as the rain: ho 10:12, ho 14:5, de 32:2, job 29:23, ps 65:9, ps 72:6, isa 5:6, isa 32:15, isa 44:3, eze 36:25, joe 2:23,24, mic 5:7, zec 10:1 |
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Israel's instability and breach of the agreement | ||
| O Ephraim, what am I to do to you? O Judah, what am I to do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew which goes early away. | O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. | |
Verse 4 WEB “Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early. KJV O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. TSK what: ho 11:8, isa 5:3,4, jer 3:19, jer 5:7,9,23, jer 9:7, lu 13:7-9, lu 19:41,42; for: jud 2:18,19, ps 78:34-37, ps 106:12,13, jer 3:10, jer 34:15, mt 13:21, 2pe 2:20-22; as a: ho 13:3 |
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| So I have had it cut in stones; I gave them teaching by the words of my mouth; | Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. | |
Verse 5 WEB Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning. KJV Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. TSK have I: 1sa 13:13, 1sa 15:22, 1ki 14:6, 1ki 17:1, 1ki 18:17, 2ki 1:16, 2ch 21:12, isa 58:1, jer 1:10,18, jer 5:14, jer 13:13, eze 3:9, eze 43:3, ac 7:31; I have: 1ki 19:17, isa 11:4, jer 23:29, heb 4:12, re 1:16, re 2:16, re 9:15,21; and thy judgments are as: ge 18:25, job 34:10, ps 37:6, ps 119:120, zep 3:5, ro 2:5 |
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| Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings. | For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. | |
Verse 6 WEB For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. KJV For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. TSK I desired: 1sa 15:22, ps 50:8, pr 21:3, ec 5:1, isa 1:11, isa 58:6, jer 7:22, da 4:27, am 5:21, mic 6:6, mt 5:7, mt 9:13, mt 12:7; the: ho 4:1, 1ch 28:9, jer 22:16, 1jo 2:3, 1jo 3:6 |
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| But like a man, they have gone against the agreement; there they were false to me. | But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. | |
Verse 7 WEB But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there. KJV But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. TSK men: ge 3:6,11, job 31:33; transgressed: ho 8:1, 2ki 17:15, isa 24:5, jer 31:32, eze 16:59-61, heb 8:9; they dealt: ho 5:7, isa 24:16, isa 48:8, jer 3:7, jer 5:11, jer 9:6 |
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| Gilead is a town of evil-doers, marked with blood. | Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. | |
Verse 8 WEB Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood. KJV Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. TSK Gilead: ho 12:11, jos 21:38; polluted with blood: ho 5:1, 2sa 3:27, 2sa 20:8, 1ki 2:5, ps 10:8, ps 59:2, isa 59:6, jer 11:19, mic 7:2, mt 26:15,16, ac 23:12-15, ac 25:3 |
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| And like a band of thieves waiting for a man, so are the priests watching secretly the way of those going quickly to Shechem, for they are working with an evil design. | And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. | |
Verse 9 WEB As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes. KJV And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. TSK as troops: ho 7:1, ezr 8:31, job 1:15-17, pr 1:11-19; so: ho 5:1, jer 11:9, eze 22:27, mic 3:9, zep 3:3, mr 14:1, lu 22:2-6, joh 11:47, ac 4:24; by consent: 1ki 12:25 |
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| In Israel I have seen a very evil thing; there false ways are seen in Ephraim, Israel is unclean; | I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. | |
Verse 10 WEB In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There is prostitution in Ephraim. Israel is defiled. KJV I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. TSK I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.: jer 2:12,13, jer 5:30,31, jer 18:13, jer 23:14; there: ho 4:11,17, ho 5:3, 1ki 12:8, 1ki 15:30, 2ki 17:7, jer 3:6, eze 23:5 |
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| And Judah has put up disgusting images for himself. | Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people. | |
Verse 11 WEB “Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, when I restore the fortunes of my people. KJV Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people. TSK he hath: jer 51:33, joe 3:13, mic 4:12, re 14:15; when: job 42:10, ps 126:1, zep 2:7 |
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