The Response to God’s Rebuke

1
(A)Come, let us return to the Lord.
For (B)He has torn us, but (C)He will heal us;
He has (a)wounded us, but He will (D)bandage us.
2
“He will (E)revive us after two days;
He will (F)raise us up on the third day,
That we may live before Him.
3
“So let us (G)know, let us press on to know the Lord.
His (H)going forth is as certain as the dawn;
And He will come to us like the (I)rain,
Like the spring rain watering the earth.”
4
What shall I do with you, O (J)Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, O Judah?
For your (b)loyalty is like a (K)morning cloud
And like the dew which goes away early.
5
Therefore I have (L)hewn them in pieces by the prophets;
I have slain them by the (M)words of My mouth;
And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.
6
For (N)I delight in loyalty (O)rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7
But (P)like (c)Adam they have (Q)transgressed the covenant;
There they have (R)dealt treacherously against Me.
8
(S)Gilead is a city of wrongdoers,
Tracked with (T)bloody footprints.
9
And as (U)raiders wait for a man,
So a band of priests (V)murder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they have committed (d)(W)crime.
10
In the house of Israel I have seen a (X)horrible thing;
Ephraim’s (Y)harlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself.
11
Also, O Judah, there is a (Z)harvest appointed for you,
When I (AA)restore the fortunes of My people.

Footnotes:

a. Hosea 6:1: ['Lit ', struck]
b. Hosea 6:4: ['Or ', lovingkindness]
c. Hosea 6:7: ['Or ', men]
d. Hosea 6:9: ['Or ', lewdness]

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