Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Hosea 6:5
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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.
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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.
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Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
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.
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Hosea 6
3 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.
4 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.
5 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.
6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
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