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Hosea 6

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1Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

2After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.

3And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

4O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.

5Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.

6For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

7But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.

9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.

10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

11Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.

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Parallel translations · Hosea 6:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

KJV · King James Version (1611)

Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

`Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up.

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and let us return to the Lord.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

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Key cross-references

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate Hosea 6:1.

Hosea 14:1
O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Jeremiah 30:17
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; because they have called thee an outcast, saying, It is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
Jeremiah 33:5
while men come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city:
Jeremiah 3:22
Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.
Hosea 5:12
Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Jeremiah 30:12
For thus saith Jehovah, Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound grievous.

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