Hosea 5:13-6:3

Hosea 5:13–15

[13] When Ephraim saw his sickness,

and Judah his wound,

then Ephraim went to Assyria,

and sent to the great king.

But he is not able to cure you

or heal your wound.

[14] For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,

and like a young lion to the house of Judah.

I, even I, will tear and go away;

I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.

[15] I will return again to my place,

until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,

and in their distress earnestly seek me. (ESV)

Hosea 6:1–3

Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

[1] “Come, let us return to the LORD;

for he has torn us, that he may heal us;

he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.

[2] After two days he will revive us;

on the third day he will raise us up,

that we may live before him.

[3] Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD;

his going out is sure as the dawn;

he will come to us as the showers,

as the spring rains that water the earth.” (ESV)