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.
Study Note
Study Note
'After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight' — the communal restoration prayer uses temporal language that early Christian interpreters read as a prophetic pointer to the three-day resurrection of Jesus. Paul's 'on the third day' formula in 1 Corinthians 15:4 ('he rose again the third day according to the scriptures') has been widely understood as drawing on this Hosea passage along with Jonah 1:17, suggesting that the third-day resurrection was scripturally anticipated rather than merely historically coincidental. The verse also functions within Hosea's own argument about Israel's restoration: the specific time-frames express confidence in swift divine renewal following judgment.
Other Translations
After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.
He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him.
After two days he will give us life, and on the third day he will make us get up, and we will be living before him.
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