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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
know	וְנֵדְעָ֣ה ve.ne.de.'Ah	H3045	to know (properly · conjunction + verb, qal, 1st person common plural
follow	נִרְדְּפָ֗ה nir.de.Fah	H7291	to run after (usually with hostile intent · verb, qal infinitive construct, 1st person common plural
know	לָדַ֙עַת֙ la.Da.'at	H3045	to know (properly · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
forth	מֽוֹצָא֑וֹ mo.tza.'O	H4161	a going forth · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
prepared	נָכ֣וֹן na.Khon	H3559	properly · verb, niphal active participle, masculine singular absolute
morning	כְּשַׁ֖חַר ke.Sha.char	H7837	dawn (literal · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
come	וְיָב֤וֹא ve.ya.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal, 3rd person masculine singular
rain	כַגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ kha.Ge.shem	H1653	a shower · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
latter	כְּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ ke.mal.Ko.osh	H4456	the spring rain · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
rain	י֥וֹרֶה Yo.reh	H3384	properly · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
earth	אָֽרֶץ 'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 24:7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return un…
Hosea 14:5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Psalms 72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Proverbs 2:1-5 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Philippians 3:13-15 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto…
Matthew 13:11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Revelation 22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and…
Zechariah 10:1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one gr…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 6:1-3

These may be taken either as the words of the prophet to the people, calling them to repentance, or as the words of the people to one another, exciting and encouraging one another to seek the Lord, and to humble themselves before him, in hopes of finding mercy with him. God had said, In their affliction they will seek me; now the prophet, and the good people his friends, would strike while the iron was hot, and set in with the convictions their neighbours seemed to be under. Note, Those who are disposed to turn to God themselves should do all they can to excite, and engage, and encourage others to return to him. Observe, I. What it is they engage to do: "Come, and let us return to the Lord,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 6:3

know, if we follow on to know the Lord--The result of His recovered favor (Hos 6:2) will be onward growth in saving knowledge of God, as the result of perseverance in following after Him (Psa 63:8; Isa 54:13). "Then" implies the consequence of the revival in Hos 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 been the source of all evils (Hos 4:1; Hos 5:4), so the knowledge of Him will bring with it all blessings; yea, it is "life" (Joh 17:3). This knowledge is practice, not mere theory (Jer 22:15-16). Theology is life, not science; realities, no…

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Adam Clarke on Hosea 6:3

Then 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 autumn: the second, to prepare the full ear for the harvest; this fell in spring. Here is strong confidence; but not misplaced, however worthless the persons were. As surely as the sun, who is now set, is running his course to arise on us in the m…

The Church Fathers

[God] is called not only at morning or dawn or daybreak; he will come to us as an early and later rain to earth. We accept Christ as an early rain when the foundations of the faith are laid within us, and we shall take him as a late rain when after the crop is ripened we grasp eternal fruits and store them up in the Master's barn.
— Jerome, COMMENTARY ON HOSEA 2:6

For I suppose that he waters in two ways upon us who received faith and have known rightly his manifestation. On the one hand, he reveals knowledge in the spirit of the old and legal, and in addition to these, prophetic teachings. In my view, this is the early rain. On the other hand, he adds to this the late [rain], the interpretation of the gospel's teachings and the most desirable grace of the apostolic preachings.
— Cyril of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON HOSEA 4:62

Nor is this the only thing that proves the dignity of the water. But there is also that which is more honorable than all—the fact that Christ, the maker of all, came down as the rain, and was known as a spring, and diffused himself as a river, and was baptized in the Jordan. For you have just heard how Jesus came to John and was baptized by him in the Jordan. Oh, things strange beyond compare! How should the boundless river that makes glad the city of God have been dipped in a little water!
— Hippolytus of Rome, ON THE HOLY THEOPHANY 2

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Dictionary and topics

Agriculture — Tilling the ground (Gen. 2:15; 4:2, 3, 12) and rearing cattle were the chief employments in ancient times. The Egyptians excelled in agriculture. And after the Israelites entered into the possession…
Rain — There are three Hebrew words used to denote the rains of different seasons, (1.) Yoreh (Hos. 6:3), or moreh (Joel 2:23), denoting the former or the early rain. (2.) Melqosh, the “latter rain” (Prov.…
Emblems Of The Holy Spirit, The · Fertilising — Fertilising
Rain · Illustrative: Of Christ in the communication of his graces — Illustrative: Of Christ in the communication of his graces
Wisdom · .UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO — .UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Hosea 6:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 6:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 6:3

Adam Clarke on Hosea 6:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Hosea 6:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 6:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 6:3

Adam Clarke on Hosea 6:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Hosea 6:3

John Calvin on Hosea 6:3

Keil & Delitzsch on Hosea 6:1-3

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Hosea 6:1-3

Rashi on Hosea 6:3