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Hosea 5
⁶ When they come with their flocks and herds to offer sacrifices to the LORD, they will not find him, because he has withdrawn from them.
⁷ They have betrayed the honor of the LORD, bearing children that are not his. Now their false religion will devour them along with their wealth.
⁸ “Sound the alarm in Gibeah! Blow the trumpet in Ramah! Raise the battle cry in Beth-aven! Lead on into battle, O warriors of Benjamin!
⁹ One thing is certain, Israel: On your day of punishment, you will become a heap of rubble.
¹⁰ “The leaders of Judah have become like thieves. So I will pour my anger on them like a waterfall.
¹¹ The people of Israel will be crushed and broken by my judgment because they are determined to worship idols.
¹² I will destroy Israel as a moth consumes wool. I will make Judah as weak as rotten wood.
¹³ “When Israel and Judah saw how sick they were, Israel turned to Assyria— to the great king there— but he could neither help nor cure them.
¹⁴ I will be like a lion to Israel, like a strong young lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces! I will carry them off, and no one will be left to rescue them.
¹⁵ Then I will return to my place until they admit their guilt and turn to me. For as soon as trouble comes, they will earnestly search for me.”
Hosea 6
¹ “Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces; now he will heal us. He has injured us; now he will bandage our wounds.