New American Standard Bible 2020

Hosea 6:4-11

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

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Notes

1. Hosea 6:4 Hos 7:1; 11:8 ↩
2. Hosea 6:4 Ps 78:34-37; Hos 13:3 ↩
3. Hosea 6:5 1 Sam 15:32, 33; Jer 1:10; 5:14 ↩
4. Hosea 6:5 Jer 23:29 ↩
5. Hosea 6:5 Lit proceeds ↩
6. Hosea 6:6 Matt 9:13; 12:7 ↩
7. Hosea 6:6 Or take pleasure in ↩
8. Hosea 6:6 Is 1:11 ↩
9. Hosea 6:7 Job 31:33 ↩
10. Hosea 6:7 Or men ↩
11. Hosea 6:7 Hos 8:1 ↩
12. Hosea 6:7 Hos 5:7 ↩
13. Hosea 6:8 Hos 12:11 ↩
14. Hosea 6:8 Hos 4:2 ↩
15. Hosea 6:9 Hos 7:1 ↩
16. Hosea 6:9 Jer 7:9, 10; Hos 4:2 ↩
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 ↩

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