“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.”
The exhortation to know the LORD, that his coming forth is sure as the dawn, that he will come to us like the showers of spring watering the earth suggests both urgency and patience in seeking God, that Israel must actively pursue knowledge of God while trusting in the reliability of divine grace. The comparison to dawn and spring rains indicates that God's coming to restore Israel is as natural and inevitable as the cycle of seasons. This verse transitions from recognition of judgment to confident hope in restoration, yet the following verses will reveal the inadequacy of this hope without genuine transformation.
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