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Hosea 6 American Standard Version (1901)

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ASV American Standard Version (1901)
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
1 Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
1 VENID y volvámonos á Jehová: que él arrebató, y nos curará; hirió, y nos vendará.
2 After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.
2 Darános vida después de dos días: al tercer día nos resucitará, y viviremos delante de él.
3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
3 Y conoceremos, y proseguiremos en conocer á Jehová: como el alba está aparejada su salida, y vendrá á nosotros como la lluvia, como la lluvia tardía [y] temprana á la tierra.
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 dew that goeth early away.
4 ¿Qué haré á ti, Ephraim? ¿Qué haré á ti, oh Judá? La piedad vuestra es como la nube de la mañana, y como el rocío que de madrugada viene.
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.
5 Por esta causa corté con los profetas, con las palabras de mi boca los maté; y tus juicios serán [como] luz que sale.
6 For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
6 Porque misericordia quise, y no sacrificio; y conocimiento de Dios más que holocaustos.
7 But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
7 Mas ellos, cual Adam, traspasaron el pacto: allí prevaricaron contra mí.
8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
8 Galaad, ciudad de obradores de iniquidad, ensuciada de sangre.
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.
9 Y como ladrones que esperan á [algún] hombre, así junta de sacerdotes mancomunadamente mata en el camino: porque ponen en efecto la abominación.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is [found] in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
10 En la casa de Israel he visto suciedad: allí fornicó Ephraim, se contaminó Israel:
11 Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.
11 También Judá puso en ti [una] planta, habiendo yo vuelto la cautividad de mi pueblo.
Cross references (11)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Job 5:18; Deuteronomy 32:39; 1 Samuel 2:6; Lamentations 3:40–41; Hosea 14:4
  2. 2 2 Kings 20:5; 1 Corinthians 15:4; Isaiah 26:19; Ezekiel 37:11–13; Hosea 13:14
  3. 3 Jeremiah 24:7; Hosea 14:5; Proverbs 2:1–5; Psalm 72:6; Philippians 3:13–15
  4. 4 Hosea 11:8; Hosea 13:3; Psalm 78:34–37; Psalm 106:12–13; Luke 13:7–9
  5. 5 Jeremiah 23:29; Jeremiah 1:10; Hebrews 4:12; Jeremiah 5:14; Romans 2:5
  6. 6 Matthew 9:13; Matthew 12:7; Proverbs 21:3; 1 Samuel 15:22; Amos 5:21
  7. 7 Genesis 3:11; Jeremiah 9:6; Hosea 8:1; Hosea 5:7; Job 31:33
  8. 8 Hosea 12:11; Micah 7:2; Hosea 4:2; Psalm 59:2; Jeremiah 11:19
  9. 9 Proverbs 1:11–19; Zephaniah 3:3; Hosea 7:1; Hosea 5:1; Ezekiel 22:9
  10. 10 Hosea 5:3; Jeremiah 23:14; Ezekiel 23:5; Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 5:30–31
  11. 11 Joel 3:13; Job 42:10; Micah 4:12; Jeremiah 51:33; Revelation 14:15

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 6:6 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Chapter XVII)

    As God, when teaching them His will in Hosea the prophet, said, "I desire mercy rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings." Besides, our Lord also exhorted them to the same effect, when He said, "But if ye had known what [this] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 6:6 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book X, Chapters 4–6)

    In the epistle entitled "To the Hebrews" it is said, "To do good and to communicate, forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased." And so, when it is written, "I desire mercy rather than sacrifice," nothing else is meant than that one sacrifice is preferred to another; for that which in common speech is called sacrifice is …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  3. Quotes verse 6:4 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXII)

    This, for example, was His complaint against certain Jews, when He said, "My mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away." And His meaning is like this; "I indeed have supplied all my part, but ye, as a hot sun coming over scatters both the cloud and the dew, and makes them vanish, so …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 6:2 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XIV)

    And in the person of these the Prophet Osee says plainly, After two days will He revive us, and in the third day we shall rise again, and shall live in His sight.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  5. Quotes verse 6:2 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVIII, Chapters 26–29)

    … according to the flesh." This prophet has also foretold the resurrection of Christ on the third day, as it behoved to be foretold, with prophetic loftiness, when he says, "He will heal us after two days, and in the third day we shall rise again." In agreement with this the apostle says to us, "If ye be risen with Christ, …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)