Hosea 6:3-5

Holman Christian Standard Bible

³ Let us strive to know the Lord.^(A)
His appearance is as sure as the dawn.^(B)
He will come to us like the rain,^(C)
like the spring showers that water the land.

⁴ What am I going to do with you, Ephraim?^(D)
What am I going to do with you, Judah?
Your loyalty is like the morning mist^(E)
and like the early dew that vanishes.
⁵ This is why I have used the prophets
to cut them down;^[a](F)
I have killed them with the words of My mouth.
My judgment strikes like lightning.^[b]