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Hosea 6:4
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2 aAfter two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight. 
3 aLet us know,
Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.
His going forth is established bas the morning;
cHe will come to us dlike the rain,
Like the latter and former rain to the earth. 

Impenitence of Israel and Judah

4 “O Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
O Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
And like the early dew it goes away.
5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets,
I have slain them by athe words of My mouth;
And1 your judgments are like light that goes forth. 
6 For I desire amercy and bnot sacrifice,
And the cknowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 
7 “But like1 men they transgressed the covenant;
There they dealt treacherously with Me. 
8 aGilead is a city of evildoers
And1 defiled with blood. 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Hosea 6:4

what shall I do unto thee—to bring thee back to piety. What more could be done that I have not done, both in mercies and chastenings (Isaiah 5:4)? At this verse a new discourse begins, resuming the threats (Hosea 5:14). See opening remarks on this chapter.

goodness—godliness.

morning cloud—soon dispersed by the sun (Hosea 13:3). There is a tacit contrast here to the promise of God's grace to Israel hereafter, in Hosea 6:3. His going forth is "as the morning," shining more and more unto the perfect day; your goodness is "as a morning cloud," soon vanishing. His coming to His people is "as the (fertilizing) latter and former rains"; your coming to Him "as the early dew goeth away."




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 6:4:

Hosea 6:1
Hosea 6:1
Hosea 6:5
Hosea 10:15
Hosea 13:3
Hosea 14:5

 

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