Hosea 6:3-4

3 "So let us ¹know, let us press on to know the LORD. His ²going forth is as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the ³rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth."

4 What shall I do with you, O ⁴Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a ⁵morning cloud And like the dew which goes away early.

Read Chapter Compare

Images for Hosea 6:3-4

Hosea 6:3-4 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO HOSEA 6

This chapter gives an account of some who were truly penitent, and stirred up one another to return to the Lord, encouraged by his power, grace, and goodness, Ho 6:1-3; and of others, who had only a form of religion, were very unstable in it; regarded more the ceremonial law, and the external sacrifices of it, than the moral law; either that part of it which respects the love of the neighbour, or that which concerns the knowledge of God; and dealt treacherously with the Lord, transgressing the covenant, Ho 6:4-7; particularly the city of Gilead is represented as full of the workers of iniquity, and is charged with bloodshed, Ho 6:8; yea, even the priests were guilty of murder and lewdness, Ho 6:9; and Israel, or the ten tribes in general, are accused of whoredom, both corporeal and spiritual, with which they were defiled, Ho 6:10; nor was Judah clear of these crimes, and therefore a reckoning day is set for them, Ho 6:11.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 5

1. Isaiah 2:3; Micah 4:2
2. Psalms 19:6; Micah 5:2
3. Job 29:23; Psalms 72:6; Joel 2:23
4. Hosea 7:1; Hosea 11:8
5. Psalms 78:34-37; Hosea 13:3

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or "lovingkindness"