Hosea 6

Hosea 6 in full

King James Version, 11 verses. Tap a reference to link straight to a single verse.

1. Hos 6:1

   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.

2. Hos 6:2

   After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

3. Hos 6:3

   Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

4. Hos 6:4

   O 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 early dew it goeth away.

5. Hos 6:5

   Therefore 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.

6. Hos 6:6

   For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

7. Hos 6:7

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

8. Hos 6:8

   Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.

9. Hos 6:9

   And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

10. Hos 6:10

    I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

11. Hos 6:11

    Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

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Hosea 6 is part of Hosea, book 28 of the 66 in the King James Bible. Read the 14 chapters straight through, or search any word across all 66 books.