Hosea 6:1

Translations

Modern

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

Traditional

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.

Literal

Come and let us return to YHWH, for He has torn us, and He will heal us; He has struck us, and He will bind us up.

Latin

In tribulatione sua mane consurgent ad me: Venite, et revertamur ad Dominum,

Original

Hebrew

English

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

Notes

Hosea 6:1–3

After God judged Israel, the religious leaders asked the people to repent and know the Lord.
The rains that came in early spring were essential for growing crops.

Theme notes and profiles

Returning to the Lord

Events

Prophecies of Hosea

Related verses

Job 5:18
For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
Deuteronomy 32:39
See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
1 Samuel 2:6
The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
Lamentations 3:40–41
Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
Hosea 14:4
I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
Job 34:29
But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
Isaiah 2:3
And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 30:17
But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”
Hosea 14:1
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
Lamentations 3:32–33
Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
Jeremiah 50:4
“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.

Glossary

Hosea, Book of Resurrection Soul Suffering

Topics

Afflicted Saints: should Turn and Devote Themselves to God Afflictions and Adversities: Benefits of, Illustrated Afflictions and Adversities: Consolation In Backsliders: Return of Backsliding: Exhortations to Return From Church: Backslidden Hardships Repentance: Exemplified

Hosea 6:1

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