Thematic Bible
Hosea 6:1 (show verse)
"Come 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!
Hosea 6:2 (show verse)
He will restore us in a very short time; he will heal us in a little while, so that we may live in his presence.
Hosea 6:3 (show verse)
So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge 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."
Hosea 6:4 (show verse)
What 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!
Hosea 6:5 (show verse)
Therefore, 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.
Hosea 6:6 (show verse)
For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.
Hosea 6:7 (show verse)
At Adam they broke the covenant; Oh how they were unfaithful to me!
Hosea 6:8 (show verse)
Gilead is a city full of evildoers; its streets are stained with bloody footprints!
Hosea 6:9 (show verse)
The 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!
Hosea 6:10 (show verse)
I have seen a disgusting thing in the temple of Israel: there Ephraim practices temple prostitution and Judah defiles itself.
Hosea 6:11 (show verse)
Whenever I want to restore the fortunes of my people,