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title: "Commentary on Hosea"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "John Owen"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 78 of 86
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-hosea/78/
cite: "John Calvin, tr. John Owen, Commentary on Hosea, section 78. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-hosea/78/"
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# Commentary on Hosea

*John Calvin, tr. John Owen*

Calvin on Hosea, the prophet of a faithful God and an unfaithful people.

## 78. Chapter 6

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-hosea/78/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-hosea/78/#p-N

[¶0] 1 “Come and let us return to Jehovah; For he hath torn, and he will heal us; He hath smitten, and he will bind up our wounds:

[¶1] 2 He will revive us after two days, On the third day he will raise us up,

[¶2] 3 And we shall live in his presence: And we shall know and pursue after the knowledge of Jehovah; As the dawn, his going forth is appointed; And he shall come as the rain to us, As the latter rain — a rain to the earth.” (260)

[¶3] 4 What shall I do to thee, Ephraim? What shall I do to thee, Judah? For your goodness is like the morning dew, Like the cloud which passeth away early.

[¶4] 5 I have therefore hewn them by my Prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth; And thy judgments have been as the light which goeth forth:

[¶5] 6 For mercy I desire, and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God before burnt-offerings.

[¶6] 7 But they as men have transgressed the covenant; In this they have dealt perfidiously with me.

[¶7] 8 Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity, filled with blood;

[¶8] 9 And, as robbers wait for a man, The company of priests kill in the way by consent; For their wicked purpose they accomplish.

[¶9] 10 In the house of Israel have I seen infamy; There is the wantonness of Ephraim, — Israel is polluted.

[¶10] 11 Judah also did set a plant for thee, While I was restoring the captivity of my people.