So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the LORD! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.”

我们务要认识耶和华，竭力追求认识他。他出现确如晨光；他必临到我们像甘雨，像滋润田地的春雨。

我们要认识，要追求认识耶和华。他如黎明必然出现，他必临到我们像甘霖，像滋润土地的春雨。

我们要认识，要追求认识耶和华。他如黎明必然出现，他必临到我们像甘霖，像滋润土地的春雨。

让我们认识耶和华，竭力认识耶和华！祂必到来，如同必然显露的曙光，又如滋润大地的春雨。

让我们认识，竭力追求认识耶和华。他必定出现，像晨光一样，他必临到我们，如雨水一般，又像滋润大地的春雨。

我們務要認識耶和華，竭力追求認識他。他出現確如晨光；他必臨到我們像甘雨，像滋潤田地的春雨。

我們要認識，要追求認識耶和華。他如黎明必然出現，他必臨到我們像甘霖，像滋潤土地的春雨。

我們要認識，要追求認識耶和華。他如黎明必然出現，他必臨到我們像甘霖，像滋潤土地的春雨。

讓我們認識耶和華，竭力認識耶和華！祂必到來，如同必然顯露的曙光，又如滋潤大地的春雨。

讓我們認識，竭力追求認識耶和華。他必定出現，像晨光一樣，他必臨到我們，如雨水一般，又像滋潤大地的春雨。

我們來認識永恆主吧，竭力追求認識他；他出來、像晨曦之必現；他必臨到我們像霖雨，像春雨滋潤着大地。』

我儕當識耶和華、黽勉而識之、其見也、若晨光之準、其臨也、若甘雨、若潤土之春雨、○

我必黽勉以從耶和華之道、彼之祐我、若晨光之朗耀、若春雨之潤澤。

我儕當識主、當勉力識主、主必顯祐、如晨光之出、必臨我若雨、若時雨滋潤土壤、

Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.”

Let’s recognize him as the Lord. Let’s keep trying to know him. You can be sure the sun will rise. And you can be just as sure the Lord will appear. He will come to renew us like the winter rains. He will be like the spring rains that water the earth.”

Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”

Oh, that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.”

Let’s strive to know the LORD. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the land.

So let’s learn, let’s press on to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, As the spring rain waters the earth.”

Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth.

And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

Let us strive to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the land.

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.

Let’s acknowledge Yahweh. Let’s press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”

He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth.

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon.

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single- minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.Therefore let those of us who are“ perfect” embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.

My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands within you,by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,indeed, if you call out for discernment– raise your voice for understanding–if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,then you will understand how to fear the LORD, and you will discover knowledge about God.

Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

These Jews were more open- minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.

Ask the LORD for rain in the season of the late spring rains– the LORD who causes thunderstorms– and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.

You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile with overflowing streams full of water. You provide grain for them, for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.

For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.

My teaching will drop like the rain, my sayings will drip like the dew, as rain drops upon the grass, and showers upon new growth.

Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.

Because of our God’s tender mercy the dawn will break upon us from on high

I will give them the desire to acknowledge that I am the LORD. I will be their God and they will be my people. For they will wholeheartedly return to me.’

For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end.

He replied,“ You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

I will commit myself to you in faithfulness; then you will acknowledge the LORD.”

“ I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star!”

Many nations will come, saying,“ Come on! Let’s go up to the LORD’s mountain, to the temple of Jacob’s God, so he can teach us his commands and we can live by his laws.” For Zion will be the source of instruction; the LORD’s teachings will proceed from Jerusalem.

This desolation will continue until new life is poured out on us from heaven. Then the desert will become an orchard and the orchard will be considered a forest.

But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.

They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.

Those survivors from Jacob will live in the midst of many nations. They will be like the dew the LORD sends, like the rain on the grass, that does not hope for men to come or wait around for humans to arrive.

Citizens of Zion, rejoice! Be glad because of what the LORD your God has done! For he has given to you the early rains as vindication. He has sent to you the rains– both the early and the late rains as formerly.The threshing floors are full of grain; the vats overflow with fresh wine and olive oil.

But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.

( 5: 1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah– from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.

All your children will be followers of the LORD, and your children will enjoy great prosperity.

I will make it a wasteland; no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, and thorns and briers will grow there. I will order the clouds not to drop any rain on it.

I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.

Yet its voice echoes throughout the earth; its words carry to the distant horizon. In the sky he has pitched a tent for the sun.

Now this is eternal life– that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth.

If anyone wants to do God’s will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.