Hosea 6:3
“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.”
Hosea 6:3 — King James Version
Verse 3 of 11 in Hosea chapter 6 — King James Version. Read it in context below, with maps, timelines and thematic connections beside the text.
Hosea 6:3 in other translations
- World English Bible
- “Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.””
- American Standard Version
- “And let us know3045, let us follow7291 on to know3045 Jehovah3068: his going forth4161 is sure3559 as the morning7837; and he will come935 unto us as the rain1653, as the latter4456 rain3384 that watereth the earth776.”
Hosea 6 — full chapter (King James Version)
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. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow 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. O , what shall I do unto thee? O , what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. For I desired , and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. But they like men have transgressed the : there have they dealt treacherously against me. is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. I have seen an horrible thing in the house of : there is the whoredom of , is defiled. Also, O , he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.