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Hosea 6:3

let us follow on to know the Lord: we shall find him ready as the morning, and he will come to us as the early and latter rain to the earth.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2After two days he will heal us: in the third day we shall arise, and live before him, and shall know him:

4What shall I do unto thee, Ephraim? What shall I do to thee, Judah? whereas your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that goes away.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:2Let my speech be looked for as the rain, 1 And my words come down as dew, 1 As the shower upon the herbage, 1 And as snow upon the grass. 1

Job 29:23As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, 1 So they waited for my speech. 1

Psalms 65:9Who quickens my soul in life, 1 And does not suffer my feet to be moved. 1

Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive the utterance of my commandment, and hide it with thee; 1

Isaiah 5:6And I will forsake my vineyard; and it shall not be pruned, nor dug, and thorns shall come up upon it as on barren land; and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.

Isaiah 44:3For I will give water to the thirsty that walk in a dry land: I will put my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessings upon thy children:

Matthew Henry on Hosea 6:2-4

Penitential Resolutions; Promises. ( b. c. 758.) 1 Come, and let us return unto the Lord : for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord : his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. These may be taken either as the words of the prophet to… Read the whole commentary →

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