Self-interpreting Bible

1 COME, and ^alet us return unto the LORD: for he ^bhath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

• a: Ho. 5:15 , Ho. 14:1 - 3 , Ho. 14:8 , Je. 3:22 , La. 3:40
• b: Ho. 5:12 - 14 , De. 32:39 , 1Sa. 2:6 , Ps. 102:10 , Job 5:18 , La. 3:32 , La. 3:33

2 ^cAfter two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

• c: Ps. 30:3 , Ps. 30:5 , Ps. 71:20 , Ps. 86:13 , Eze. 37:11 , Ezr. 9:8 , Ezr. 9:9 , Is. 26:19 , Is. 26:20 , 2Ki. 20:5 , 1Co. 15:4

3 Then ^dshall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: ^ehis going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us ^fas the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

• d: Mi. 4:2 , Ho. 2:20 , Is. 54:13 , Je. 24:7 , Je. 31:34 , He. 3:14 , Pr. 2:1 - 5 , Pr. 2:9 , Mat. 13:12
• e: 2Sa. 23:4 , Mal. 4:2 , Ps. 115:13 , Ps. 115:14 , Pr. 4:18 , Mi. 5:2 , Lu. 1:78
• f: De. 32:2 , Ho. 14:5 , Job 29:23 , Ps. 72:6 , Ps. 65:9 , De. 11:14

4 ¶O Ephraim, ^gwhat shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your ¹goodness is ^has a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

• g: Ho. 10:3 , Je. 5:7 , Je. 5:29 , Ho. 11:8 , Is. 5:3 , Is. 5:4 , Lu. 19:42
• 1: Or, mercy or kindness.
• h: Ps. 78:34 - 37 , Ho. 13:3 , Mat. 13:21

5 Therefore ⁱhave I ^*hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: ²and thy judgments are ^jas the light that goeth forth.

• i: Je. 1:10 , Je. 5:14 , Je. 23:29 , 1Ki. 19:17 , Eze. 43:3 , He. 4:12 , Re. 1:16
• *: hewed-shaped by cutting or chopping.
• 2: Or, that thy judgments might be.
• j: Ps. 119:130 , Ge. 18:25 , Zec. 1:6

6 ^kFor I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

• k: Ps. 50:8 - 15 , Is. 1:11 , 1Sa. 15:22 , Ec. 5:1 , Mat. 9:13 , Mat. 12:7 , Je. 6:20 , Am. 5:21 - 24

7 But they ³like men ^lhave transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

• 3: Or, like Adam. Job 31.33. Ge. 3. , Job 31:33 , Genesis 3
• l: Is. 24:5 , 2Ki. 17:7 - 17 , Ho. 5:7 , Ho. 8:1

8 ^mGilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is ⁴polluted with blood.

• m: Ho. 12:11 , Jos. 21:38
• 4: Or, cunning for.

9 ⁿAnd as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way ⁵by consent: for they commit ⁶lewdness.

• n: Ho. 5:1 , Ho. 5:2 , Eze. 22:27 , Zep. 3:3 , Zep. 3:4 , Je. 11:9
• 5: Heb. with one shoulder or, to Shechem.
• 6: Or, enormity.

10 I have seen ^oan horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is ^pthe whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

• o: Je. 2:11 , Je. 2:12 , Je. 5:30 , Je. 18:13 , Je. 23:14
• p: Eze. 24:13 , Ho. 4:1 , Ho. 4:2 , Ho. 4:10 - 12 , Ho. 4:14 , Ho. 5:3 , Ho. 5:4 , 2Ki. 17:7 - 17 , Isaiah 2 , Isaiah 3 , Isaiah 5 , Isaiah 9 , Amos 2 - 8 , Micah 1 - 3 , Micah 6 , Micah 7

11 Also, O Judah, he hath set ^qan harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

• q: Je. 51:33 , 3:13 , Mi. 4:12 , Re. 14:15 , Je. 31:5