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Hosea 6:4

What 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.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3let 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.

5Therefore have I mown down your prophets; I have slain them with the word of my mouth: and my judgment shall go forth as the light.

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Cross References

Judges 3:12And the children of Israel continued to do evil before the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil before the Lord.

Psalms 106:12So their heart was brought low with troubles; 1 They were weak, and there was no helper. 1

Jeremiah 3:10And for all these things faithless Judah turned not to me with all her heart, but falsely.

Jeremiah 5:7In what way shall I forgive thee for these things? Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: and I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots’ houses.

Jeremiah 5:23But this people has a disobedient and rebellious heart; and they have turned aside and gone back:

Jeremiah 34:15for I sent them not, saith the Lord; and they prophesy in my name unjustly, that I might destroy you, and ye should perish, and your prophets, who unrighteously prophesy lies to you.

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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