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Hosea

Uses the prophet's marriage as a symbol for Israel's unfaithfulness and God's faithful love.

Chapter 6

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KJV: 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.

Geneva: Come, and let vs returne to the Lord: for he hath spoyled, and he will heale vs: he hath wounded vs, and he will binde vs vp.

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

Geneva: After two dayes will he reuiue vs, and in the third day he will raise vs vp, and we shall liue in his sight.

KJV: 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.

Geneva: Then shall we haue knowledge, and indeuour our selues to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning, and he shall come vnto vs as the raine, and as the latter raine vnto the earth.

KJV: 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.

Geneva: O Ephraim, what shall I doe vnto thee? O Iudah, how shall I intreate thee? for your goodnesse is as a morning cloude, and as the morning dewe it goeth away.

KJV: 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.

Geneva: Therefore haue I cut downe by the Prophets: I haue slaine them by the wordes of my mouth, and thy iudgements were as the light that goeth forth.

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

Geneva: For I desired mercie, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more then burnt offrings.

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

Geneva: But they like men haue transgressed the couenant: there haue they trespassed against me.

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

Geneva: Gilead is a citie of them that worke iniquitie, and is polluted with blood.

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

Geneva: And as the eues waite for a man, so the companie of Priestes murther in the way by consent: for they worke mischiefe.

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

Geneva: I haue seene vileny in the house of Israel: there is ye whoredome of Ephraim: Israel is defiled.

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

Geneva: Yea, Iudah hath set a plant for thee, whiles I woulde returne ye captiuitie of my people.

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