# Hosea 6

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/6
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] Come, let us return to the LORD.
For He has torn us to pieces,
but He will heal us;
He has wounded us,
but He will bind up our wounds. [2] After two days He will revive us;
on the third day He will raise us up,
that we may live in His presence. [3] So let us know—
let us press on to know the LORD.
As surely as the sun rises,
He will appear;
He will come to us like the rain,
like the spring showers that water the earth. [4] What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, O Judah?
For your loyalty is like a morning mist,
like the early dew that vanishes. [5] Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
I have slain them by the words of My mouth,
and My judgments go forth like lightning. [6] For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
and the knowledge of God
rather than burnt offerings. [7] But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant;
there they were unfaithful to Me. [8] Gilead is a city of evildoers,
tracked with footprints of blood. [9] Like raiders who lie in ambush,
so does a band of priests;
they murder on the way to Shechem;
surely they have committed atrocities. [10] In the house of Israel
I have seen a horrible thing:
Ephraim practices prostitution there,
and Israel is defiled. [11] Also for you, O Judah,
a harvest is appointed,
when I restore
My people from captivity.

## Places in this chapter

- **Shechem** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/shechem
- **Gilead 2** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/gilead-2

## Each verse

- Hosea 6:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/6/1
- Hosea 6:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/6/2
- Hosea 6:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/6/3
- Hosea 6:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/6/4
- Hosea 6:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/6/5
- Hosea 6:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/6/6
- Hosea 6:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/6/7
- Hosea 6:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/6/8
- Hosea 6:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/6/9
- Hosea 6:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/6/10
- Hosea 6:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/6/11