Hosea 6:3
Then 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.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teaching drop as the rain, Let my speech distil as the dew,—As copious rains on tender grass, As myriad drops on seeding plants.
Job 29:23And they waited, as for rain, for me, and, their mouths, they opened wide for the spring-rain;
Psalms 65:9Thou hast visited the earth, and made it abound, Abundantly, dost thou enrich it—The channel of God, is full of waters, Thou preparest their corn, Yea, thus, dost thou prepare it:
Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee;
Isaiah 5:6And I will make it a waste;—It shall be neither pruned nor hoed, But there shall come up briars and thorns,—And upon the clouds, will I lay a charge, That they rain thereon no rain.
Isaiah 44:3For I will pour, Water upon the thirsty soil, and Floods upon the dry ground,—I will pour My spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing upon thine offspring;
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 →