Hosea 6

1“Come! Let’s 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.Cross-references: Deut 32:39 · 1Sam 2:6 · Job 5:18 · Job 34:29 · Ps 30:7 · Isa 2:3 · +15 more

2After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.Cross-references: Gen 17:18 · 2Ki 20:5 · Ps 30:4 · Ps 61:7 · Isa 26:19 · Ezek 37:11 · +4 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

3Let’s acknowledge Yahweh. Let’s 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.”Cross-references: Deut 32:2 · 2Sam 23:4 · Job 29:23 · Ps 19:4 · Ps 65:9 · Ps 72:6 · +26 more

4“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.Cross-references: Judg 2:18 · Ps 78:34 · Ps 106:12 · Isa 5:3 · Jer 3:10 · Jer 3:19 · +12 more

5Therefore 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.Cross-references: Gen 18:25 · 1Sam 13:13 · 1Sam 15:22 · 1Ki 14:6 · 1Ki 17:1 · 1Ki 18:17 · +23 more

6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.Cross-references: 1Sam 15:22 · 1Chr 28:9 · Ps 50:8 · Prov 21:3 · Eccl 5:1 · Isa 1:11 · +13 more

7But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me there.Cross-references: Gen 3:6 · Gen 3:11 · 2Ki 17:15 · Job 31:33 · Isa 24:5 · Isa 24:16 · +9 more

8Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood.Cross-references: Josh 21:38 · 2Sam 3:27 · 2Sam 20:8 · 1Ki 2:5 · Ps 10:8 · Ps 59:2 · +9 more

9As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.Cross-references: 1Ki 12:25 · Ezra 8:31 · Job 1:15 · Prov 1:11 · Jer 7:9 · Jer 11:9 · +10 more

10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There is prostitution in Ephraim. Israel is defiled.Cross-references: 1Ki 12:8 · 1Ki 15:30 · 2Ki 17:7 · Jer 2:12 · Jer 3:6 · Jer 5:30 · +6 more

11“Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, when I restore the fortunes of my people.Cross-references: Job 42:10 · Ps 126:1 · Jer 51:33 · Joel 3:13 · Mic 4:12 · Zeph 2:7 · +1 more