Christian Standard Bible
Hosea 6:3
3Let’s strive to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the land.
Hosea 6:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth.
Context of Hosea 6:3
1Come, let’s return to the Lord. For he has torn us, and he will heal us; he has wounded us, and he will bind up our wounds. 2He will revive us after two days, and on the third day he will raise us up so we can live in his presence. Let’s strive to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the land. 4What am I going to do with you, Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist and like the early dew that vanishes. 5This is why I have used the prophets to cut them down; I have killed them with the words from my mouth. My judgment strikes like lightning.
Read all of Hosea 6Hosea 6:3 word by word
וְנֵדְעָ֣ה נִרְדְּפָ֗ה לָדַ֙עַת֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כְּשַׁ֖חַר נָכ֣וֹן מֽוֹצָא֑וֹ וְיָב֤וֹא כַגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ לָ֔נוּ כְּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ י֥וֹרֶה אָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Then shall we knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- we followרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- his going forthמוֹצָאmôtsâ' môtsâ' · exitH4161
- is preparedכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559
- as the morningשַׁ֫חַרshachar · dawnH7837
- and he shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- unto us as the rainגֶּ֫שֶׁםgeshem · rainH1653
- as the latterמַלְקוֹשׁmalqôsh · spring rainH4456
- former rainיָרָאyârâh yârâ' · to shootH3384
- unto the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
Cross-references for Hosea 6:3
- Hosea 2:20I will take you to be my wife in faithfulness, and you will know the Lord.
- Isaiah 54:13Then all your children will be taught by the Lord, their prosperity will be great,
- Jeremiah 24:7I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God because they will return to me with all their heart.
- Micah 4:2and many nations will come and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us about his ways so we may walk in his paths.” For instruction will go out of Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
- John 17:3This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent — Jesus Christ.
- Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,
- Matthew 13:11He answered, “Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.
- John 7:17If anyone wants to do his will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.
- Acts 17:11The people here were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, since they received the word with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
- Philippians 3:13Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead,
- Hebrews 3:14For we have become participants in Christ if we hold firmly until the end the reality that we had at the start.
- 2 Samuel 23:4is like the morning light when the sun rises on a cloudless morning, the glisten of rain on sprouting grass.”
- Psalms 19:4Their message has gone out to the whole earth, and their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun.
- Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- Malachi 4:2But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall.
- Luke 1:78Because of our God’s merciful compassion, the dawn from on high will visit us
Commentaries on Hosea 6:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Then shall we know - We shall have the fullest evidence that we have not believed in vain. If we follow on to know the Lord - If we continue to be as much in earnest as we now are. His going forth - The manifestation of his mercy to our souls is as certain as the rising of the sun at the appointed time. And he shall come unto us as the rain - As surely as the early and the latter rain come. The first, to prepare the earth for the seed; this fell in…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord - Rather, “Then shall we know, shall follow on to know the Lord,” i. e., we shall not only know Him, but we shall grow continually in that knowledge. Then, in Israel, God says, “there was no knowledge of Him;” His “people was destroyed for lack of it” Hosea 4:1, Hosea 4:6. In Christ He promises, that they should have that inward knowledge of Him, ever growing, because the grace, through which it is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3After God judged Israel, the religious leaders asked the people to repent and know the Lord. The rains that came in early spring were essential for growing crops.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. know, if we follow on to know the Lord--The result of His recovered favor (Ho 6:2) will be onward growth in saving knowledge of God, as the result of perseverance in following after Him (Psa 63:8; Is 54:13). "Then" implies the consequence of the revival in Ho 6:2. The "if" is not so much conditional, as expressive of the means which God's grace will sanctify to the full enlightenment of Israel in the knowledge of Him. As want of "knowledge of God" has…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hosea 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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