https://gccsd.org/media/com_zefaniabible/images/bible_100.jpg https://gccsd.org/bible/read-the-bible/standard/NIV/28-hosea/6-chapter.html?ord=051926 https://gccsd.org/bible/read-the-bible/standard/NIV/28-hosea/6-chapter.html?ord=051926 Zefania Bible en-gb GCCSD Hosea chapter 6 https://gccsd.org/bible/read-the-bible/standard/NIV/28-hosea/6-chapter.html?ord=051926 https://gccsd.org/bible/read-the-bible/standard/NIV/28-hosea/6-chapter.html?ord=051926 Tue, 19 May 2026 03:04:53 -0400 "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. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence. 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." "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. Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth; my judgments flashed like lightning upon you. For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings. Like Adam, they have broken the covenant-- they were unfaithful to me there. Gilead is a city of wicked men, stained with footprints of blood. As marauders lie in ambush for a man, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, committing shameful crimes. I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel. There Ephraim is given to prostitution and Israel is defiled. "Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed.