Hosea 6:2 (DBY)

Passage

After two days will he revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before his face;

Nearby Context

Hosea 6:1 Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

Hosea 6:2 After two days will he revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before his face;

Hosea 6:3 and we shall know, we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.

Hosea 6:4 What shall I do unto thee, Ephraim? What shall I do unto thee, Judah? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "after", "days", "revive", "third", "raise", "shall", "live", and "before". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "after" and "days", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Come and let us return unto Jehovah..." into verse 3's "and we shall know we shall follow...", so "after" and "days" belong inside that flow. In Hosea context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "after" and "days" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.