Hosea 6:3-4

3 ¹Let us know; ²let us press on to know the LORD; ³his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us ⁴as the showers, ⁵as the spring rains that water the earth."

4 What shall I do with you, ⁶O ⁷Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O ⁸Judah? Your love is ⁹like a morning cloud, ¹⁰like the dew that goes early away.

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.

Cross References

• 1. [Hosea 4:6]
• 2. [Hosea 4:6]
• 3. Micah 5:2
• 4. [Hosea 14:5]
• 5. Joel 2:23
• 6. [Hosea 11:8]
• 7. ver. 10, 11; Hosea 4:15; Hosea 5:5; Hosea 8:14; Hosea 10:11; Hosea 11:12; Hosea 12:1, 2; See Hosea 5:9-14
• 8. ver. 10, 11; Hosea 4:15; Hosea 5:5; Hosea 8:14; Hosea 10:11; Hosea 11:12; Hosea 12:1, 2; See Hosea 5:9-14
• 9. Hosea 13:3
• 10. Hosea 13:3