Hosea 5:13-6:3
New King James Version
13 “When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah saw his (A)wound,
Then Ephraim went (B)to Assyria
And sent to King Jareb;
Yet he cannot cure you,
Nor heal you of your wound.
14 For (C)I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
(D)I, even I, will tear them and go away;
I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.
15 I will return again to My place
Till they [a]acknowledge their offense.
Then they will seek My face;
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
A Call to Repentance
6 Come,(E) and let us return to the Lord;
For (F)He has torn, but (G)He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will [b]bind us up.
2 (H)After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.
3 (I)Let us know,
Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.
His going forth is established (J)as the morning;
(K)He will come to us (L)like the rain,
Like the latter and former rain to the earth.
Footnotes
- Hosea 5:15 Lit. become guilty or bear punishment
- Hosea 6:1 Bandage
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