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Hosea 6 (AMP)

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¹ COME AND let us return to the Lord, for He has torn so that He may heal us; He has stricken so that He may bind us up. ² After two days He will revive us (quicken us, give us life); on the third day He will raise us up that we may live before Him. ³ Yes, let us know (recognize, be acquainted with, and understand) Him; let us be zealous to know the Lord . His going forth is prepared and certain as the dawn, and He will come to us as the rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth. ⁴ O Ephraim, what shall I do with you? O Judah, what shall I do with you? For your love and kindness are like the night mist or like the dew that goes early away. ⁵ Therefore have I hewn down and smitten them by means of the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; My judgments are like the light that goes forth. ⁶ For I desire and delight in dutiful steadfast love and goodness, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of and acquaintance with God more than burnt offerings. ⁷ But they, like men and like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt faithlessly and treacherously with Me. ⁸ Gilead is a city of evildoers; it is tracked with bloody . ⁹ And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder on the road toward Shechem; yes, they commit villainy and outrages. ¹⁰ I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel! There harlotry and idolatry are found in Ephraim; Israel is defiled. ¹¹ Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you; when I would return My people from their captivity ,