Hosea 66HoseaGod's case against IsraelThe Orthodox Jewish Bible Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha The Holy Bible

The Orthodox Jewish Bible Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha The Holy BibleBerean Standard Bible

1. The Unrepentance of Israel and Judah

2. 1ENGOJBCome, and let us return unto Hashem; for He hath torn, and He will heal us; He hath struck, and He will bind us up.BSBBSB: 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.
3. 2ENGOJBAfter two days He will revive us; in the Yom HaShelishi He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight.BSBBSB: After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
4. 3ENGOJBThen shall we know, if we follow on to know Hashem; His going forth is established as the shachar (dawn); and He shall come unto us as the geshem (winter rain), as the malkosh (spring rain) unto ha'aretz.BSBBSB: 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.
5. 4ENGOJBO Ephrayim, what shall I do unto thee? O Yehudah, what shall I do with thee? For your chesed (faithfulness, loyalty) is as an anan boker (morning cloud), and as the early dew that disappears.BSBBSB: 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.
6. 5ENGOJBTherefore have I cut them to pieces with the nevi'im; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; thy mishpatim are as the ohr (light, lightning) that goeth forth.BSBBSB: 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.
7. 6ENGOJBFor I desired chesed, and not zevach; and the da'as Elohim more than olot (burnt offerings).BSBBSB: For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
8. 7ENGOJBBut they are like Adam, they have transgressed the brit (covenant); there have they dealt treacherously against Me.BSBBSB: But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
9. 8ENGOJBGil'ad is a city of evil-doers, is trodden with dahm.BSBBSB: Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.
10. 9ENGOJBAnd as gedudim (marauders) lie in wait for a man, so the chever (band) of kohanim murder in the way to Shechem; for they commit shameful crimes.BSBBSB: Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
11. 10ENGOJBI have seen a horrible thing in Bais Yisroel: there is the zenut (whoredom) of Ephrayim; Yisroel is tameh (unclean, defiled).BSBBSB: In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.
12. 11ENGOJBAlso, O Yehudah, he hath set a katzir (harvest) of punishment for thee, When I turn the Shevut Ami (Captivity of My people),BSBBSB: Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.