Hosea 6
Israel's superficial repentance: Come, let us return to the Lord, but their love is like morning mist that quickly vanishes.
HoseaChapter 6 of 1411 versesBerean Standard Bible
In this passage: GileadShechem
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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.
After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
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.
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.
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.
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
I desire mercy not sacrifice — Jesus quotes Hosea to Pharisees
“But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.””
Read Matthew 9:13›I desire mercy not sacrifice — Jesus on Sabbath controversy
“If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.”
Read Matthew 12:7›But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
Quoted in the Daily Lift, day 7: Noah and the Ark: The First Time God Says Covenant (Genesis 6)
Quoted in the Deeper Dive, day 7: What is the first covenant in the Bible?
Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.
Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.
Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.
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“For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.”
“See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.”
“I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.”
“But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.””
“If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.”
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY.
Hosea 6 on Doxa
- Noah and the Ark: The First Time God Says Covenant (Genesis 6) · Quoted in the Daily Lift, day 7
- Pitch and Atonement: The Hidden Word in Noah's Ark (Genesis 6:9-22) · Quoted in the Deeper Dive, day 7
- Yada: What the Bible Means When God Says 'Know Me'
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