Hosea 6:3
King James Version
“Then shall we know, 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 former rain unto the earth.”
Context
1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
3Then shall we know, 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 former rain unto the earth.
4O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
5Therefore have I hewed by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments the light goeth forth.
6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.