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Hosea 6

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¹ “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.

² After two daysⓓ he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.

³ ⓔ 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.”

⁴ 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.

⁵ 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.

⁶ Forⓟ I desire steadfast love[1] and not sacrifice, ⓠthe knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

⁷ Butⓡ like Adam theyⓢ transgressed the covenant; ⓣthere they dealt faithlessly with me.

⁸ ⓤ Gilead is a city of evildoers, ⓥtracked with blood.

⁹ As robbersⓦ lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way toⓧ Shechem; they commit villainy.

¹⁰ In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; ⓨEphraim's whoredom is there;ⓩ Israel is defiled.

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1	“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.
2	After two daysⓓ he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
3	ⓔ 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.”
4	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.
5	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.
6	Forⓟ I desire steadfast love[1] and not sacrifice, ⓠthe knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7	Butⓡ like Adam theyⓢ transgressed the covenant; ⓣthere they dealt faithlessly with me.
8	ⓤ Gilead is a city of evildoers, ⓥtracked with blood.
9	As robbersⓦ lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way toⓧ Shechem; they commit villainy.
10	In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; ⓨEphraim's whoredom is there;ⓩ Israel is defiled.
11	For you also, Oⓐ Judah,ⓑ a harvest is appointed. Whenⓒ I restore the fortunes of my people,

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