Bible Strands
Hosea 6:3
So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet speaks on behalf of Israel, calling the community to pursue God between a promise of national revival and a condemnation of their unstable loyalty.
The words — נִרְדְּפָ֗ה (nir.de.Fah) translates literally as "let us pursue," paired with לָ/דַ֙עַת֙ (la./Da.'at) meaning "to know," while כְּ/שַׁ֖חַר (ke./Sha.char) means "like the dawn."
The thread — The text links knowing God to Jeremiah 24:7, divine provision to rain imagery in Psalms 72:6, and restoration to dew in Hosea 14:5.
Why it lands — The passage commands active pursuit of God and asserts His faithful appearance, demanding a response of deliberate seeking rather than passive waiting.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 24:7 I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
- Hosea 14:5 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
- Psalms 72:6 May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
- Proverbs 2:1 My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
- Philippians 3:13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
- Matthew 13:11 He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
- Revelation 22:16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
- Zechariah 10:1 Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.
- Micah 4:2 And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
- Malachi 4:2 “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.