Hosea 6 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Go ye and we will turn back to Jehovah: for he rent and he will heal us; he will strike, and he will bind us up. “Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up. “Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
2 He will revive us after two days: in the third day he will raise us up and we shall live before him. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.
3 And we shall know, we shall pursue to know Jehovah: as the morning his going forth was prepared; and he shall come as the rain to us, as the latter rain, the early rain of the earth. Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.” Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.”
4 What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? What shall I do to thee, O Judah? and your kindness as the cloud of the morning, and as the dew being early went away. What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away. “What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.
5 For this I cut off by the prophets; I slew them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments the light going forth. Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light. Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth— then my judgments go forth like the sun.
6 For I delighted in mercy and not sacrifice; the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings. For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 And they as man passed by the covenant: there they acted faithlessly against me. But like Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me. As at Adam, they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there.
8 Gilead a city working vanity, defrauding from blood. Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood. Gilead is a city of evildoers, stained with footprints of blood.
9 As troops waiting for a man, the company of priests will break in pieces the way with the shoulder: for they did wickedness. As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to Shechem; they commit villainy. As marauders lie in ambush for a victim, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, carrying out their wicked schemes.
10 In the house of Israel I saw something horrible: there the fornications to Ephraim, Israel was defiled. In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim’s whoredom is there; Israel is defiled. I have seen a horrible thing in Israel: There Ephraim is given to prostitution, Israel is defiled.
11 Also, O Judah, he set a harvest for thee in my turning back the captivity of my people. For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed. When I restore the fortunes of my people, “Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed. “Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,
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