Hosea 6 (NET)

Hosea 6:1¹Come on! Let’s return to the Lord. He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 5:18Deut 32:391 Sam 2:6Lam 3:40-41Hos 14:4Isa 2:3Isa 55:7Job 34:29Jer 30:17Hos 14:1

Hosea 6:2²He will restore us in a very short time; he will heal us in a little while, so that we may live in his presence.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 20:51 Cor 15:4Ezek 37:11-13Isa 26:19Hos 13:14Ps 30:4-5John 14:19Gen 17:18

Hosea 6:3³So let us search for him! Let us seek to know the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 24:7Hos 14:5Prov 2:1-5Ps 72:6Phil 3:13-15Matt 13:11Rev 22:16Zech 10:12 Pet 1:19Luke 1:78

Hosea 6:4⁴What am I going to do with you, O Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, O Judah? For your faithfulness is as fleeting as the morning mist; it disappears as quickly as dawn’s dew.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 11:8Hos 13:3Ps 78:34-37Ps 106:12-132 Pet 2:20-22Luke 13:7-9Matt 13:21Luke 19:41-42Isa 5:3-4Jer 3:10

Hosea 6:5⁵Therefore, I will certainly cut you into pieces at the hands of the prophets; I will certainly kill you in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment, for my judgment will come forth like the light of the dawn.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 23:29Jer 1:10Heb 4:12Jer 5:14Isa 11:4Ps 119:120Rev 2:16Rom 2:51 Kgs 14:61 Kgs 17:1

Hosea 6:6⁶For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 9:13Matt 12:7Prov 21:31 Sam 15:22Amos 5:21Eccl 5:1Isa 1:11Jer 22:16Matt 5:7Dan 4:27

Hosea 6:7⁷At Adam they broke the covenant; Oh how they were unfaithful to me!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 3:11Hos 5:7Hos 8:1Jer 9:6Job 31:332 Kgs 17:15Ezek 16:59-61Gen 3:6Isa 24:16Isa 24:5

Hosea 6:8⁸Gilead is a city full of evildoers; its streets are stained with bloody footprints!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 12:11Acts 25:3Matt 26:15-161 Kgs 2:52 Sam 20:82 Sam 3:27Acts 23:12-15Hos 4:2Hos 5:1Isa 59:6

Hosea 6:9⁹The company of priests is like a gang of robbers, lying in ambush to pounce on a victim. They commit murder on the road to Shechem; they have done heinous crimes!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 5:1Hos 7:1Luke 22:2-6Prov 1:11-19Zeph 3:3Ezek 22:27Ezek 22:9Ezra 8:31Jer 11:9Jer 7:9-10

Hosea 6:10¹⁰I have seen a disgusting thing in the house of Israel: there Ephraim commits prostitution with other gods, and Israel defiles itself.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 5:3Ezek 23:5Jer 23:14Jer 5:30-311 Kgs 12:81 Kgs 15:302 Kgs 17:7Hos 4:11Hos 4:17Jer 18:13

Hosea 6:11¹¹I have appointed a time to reap judgment for you also, O Judah! Whenever I want to restore the fortunes of my people,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Joel 3:13Jer 51:33Job 42:10Rev 14:15Mic 4:12Ps 126:1Zeph 2:7