Hosea 6:2

He will bring us to life, after two days,—on the third day, will he raise us up, that we may live before him.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Come, and let us return unto Yahweh! for, he, hath torn, that he might heal us,—smitten, that he might bind us up.

3Then let us know—let us press on to know—Yahweh, Like the dawn, is his coming forth assured,—that he may come like a down-pour upon us, like the harvest-rain, [and] the seed-rain of the land.

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Cross References

2 Kings 20:5Return, and thou shalt say unto Hezekiah the leader of my people—Thus, saith Yahweh, God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears,—Behold me! about to heal thee, On the third day, shalt thou go up unto the house of Yahweh;

Psalms 61:7Let him retain his seat age-abidingly before God, Appoint that, lovingkindness and faithfulness, my watch over him!

Ezekiel 37:11Then said he unto me, Son of man. These bones, are all the house of Israel,— Lo! they are saying. Dried are our bones, and lost is our hope We are quite cut off!

Hosea 13:14Out of the hand of hades, will I ransom them, out of death, will I redeem them,—Where is thy pestilence, O death? Where thy plague, O hades? Repentance, shall be hid from mine eyes.

Romans 14:8For both, if we live, unto the Lord, we live, and, if we die, unto the Lord, we die; whether therefore we live, the Lord’s, we are; or whether we die, the Lord’s, we are;

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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