Passage
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Hosea 6:2 (KJV)
Nearby Context
Hosea 6:1 Come, 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.
Hosea 6:2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Hosea 6:3 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.
Hosea 6:4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "after", "days", "revive", "third", "raise", "shall", "live", and "sight". 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 the..." into verse 3's "Then shall we know if we 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.