New American Standard Bible 1995

Hosea 6:4-11

4What shall I do with you, O 1Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your 2loyalty is like a 3morning cloud And like the dew which goes away early.5Therefore I have 4hewn them in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the 5words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.6For 6I delight in loyalty 7rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.7But 8like 9Adam they have 10transgressed the covenant; There they have 11dealt treacherously against Me.8 12Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with 13bloody footprints.9And as 14raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests 15murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed 16 17crime.10In the house of Israel I have seen a 18horrible thing; Ephraim’s 19harlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself.11Also, O Judah, there is a 20harvest appointed for you, When I 21restore the fortunes of My people.

Read all of Hosea 6

Notes

1. Hosea 6:4 Hos 7:1; 11:8 ↩
2. Hosea 6:4 Or lovingkindness ↩
3. Hosea 6:4 Ps 78:34-37; Hos 13:3 ↩
4. Hosea 6:5 1 Sam 15:32, 33; Jer 1:10; 5:14 ↩
5. Hosea 6:5 Jer 23:29 ↩
6. Hosea 6:6 Matt 9:13; 12:7 ↩
7. Hosea 6:6 Is 1:11 ↩
8. Hosea 6:7 Job 31:33 ↩
9. Hosea 6:7 Or men ↩
10. Hosea 6:7 Hos 8:1 ↩
11. Hosea 6:7 Hos 5:7 ↩
12. Hosea 6:8 Hos 12:11 ↩
13. Hosea 6:8 Hos 4:2 ↩
14. Hosea 6:9 Hos 7:1 ↩
15. Hosea 6:9 Jer 7:9, 10; Hos 4:2 ↩
16. Hosea 6:9 Or lewdness ↩
17. Hosea 6:9 Ezek 22:9; 23:27; Hos 2:10 ↩
18. Hosea 6:10 Jer 5:30, 31; 23:14 ↩
19. Hosea 6:10 Hos 5:3 ↩
20. Hosea 6:11 Jer 51:33; Joel 3:13 ↩
21. Hosea 6:11 Zeph 2:7 ↩

Notes

Commentaries on Hosea 6