Hosea 6:3-5

Contemporary English Version

³ Let's do our best
    to know the Lord.
His coming is as certain
    as the morning sun;
he will refresh us like rain
renewing the earth
    in the springtime.

⁴ People of Israel and Judah,
    what can I do with you?
Your love for me disappears
more quickly than mist
    or dew at sunrise.
⁵ That's why I slaughtered you
with the words
    of my prophets.
That's why my judgments blazed
    like the dawning sun.^[a]