Hosea 6 · Verse 1

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 6:1, King James Version

Hosea 6:1 in other translations

BSBCome, 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.
WEB“Come! Let’s return to the LORD; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.
ASVCome, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
YLT‘Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up.
DARBYCome and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
BBECome, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.
WebsterCome, and let us return to the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

What does Hosea 6:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Ho 6:1-11. The Israelites' Exhortation to One Another to Seek the Lord.

At Ho 6:4 a new discourse, complaining of them, begins; for Ho 6:1-3 evidently belong to Ho 5:15, and form the happy termination of Israel's punishment: primarily, the return from Babylon; ultimately, the return from their present long dispersion. Ho 6:8 perhaps refers to the murder of Pekahiah; the discourse cannot be later than Pekah's reign, for it was under it that Gilead was carried into captivity (2Ki 15:29). 1. let us return--in order that God who has "returned to His place" may return to us (Ho 5:15). torn, and ... heal--(De 32:39; Jr 30:17). They ascribe their punishment not to fortune, or man, but to God, and acknowledge that none (not the Assyrian, as they once vainly thought, Ho 5:13) but God can heal their wound. They are at the same time persuaded of the mercy of God, which persuasion is the starting-point of true repentance, and without which men would not seek, but hate and flee from God. Though our wound be severe, it is not past hope of recovery; there is room for grace, and a hope of pardon. He hath smitten us, but not so badly that He cannot heal us (Psa 130:4).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

The prophet earnestly exhorts to repentance, Hos 6:1-3. God is then introduced as very tenderly and pathetically remonstrating against the backslidings of Ephraim and Judah, Hos 6:4-11. Verse 1 Come, and let us return unto the Lord - When God had purposed to abandon them, and they found that he had returned to his place - to his temple, where alone he could be successfully sought; they, feeling their weakness, and the fickleness, weariness, and unfaithfulness of their idols and allies, now resolve to "return to the Lord;" and, referring to what he said, Hos 5:14 : "I will tear and go away;" they say, he "hath torn, but he will heal us;" their allies had torn, but they gave them no healing. While, therefore, they acknowledge the justice of God in their punishment, they depend on his well-known mercy and compassion for restoration to life and health.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 6:1-3
An exhortation to repentance. (Hos. 6:1-3) Israel's instability and breach of the covenant. (Hos. 6:4-11) Verses 1-3 Those who have gone from God by consent, and in a body, drawing one another to sin, should, by consent and in a body, return to him, which will be for his glory, and their good. It will be of great use for support under afflictions, and to encourage our repentance, to keep up good thoughts of God, and of his purposes and designs concerning us. Deliverance out of trouble should be to them as life from the dead. God will revive them: the assurance of this should engage them to return to him. But this seems to have a further reference to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Let us admire the wisdom and goodness of God, that when the prophet foretold the deliverance of the church out of her troubles, he should point out our salvation by Christ; and now these words are fulfilled in the resurrection of Christ, it confirms our faith, that this is He that should come and we are to look for no other. Here is a precious blessing promised; this is life eternal, to know God. The returns of the favour of God are secured to us as firmly as the return of the morning after a dark night. He shall come to us as the latter and former rain unto the earth, which refreshes it, and makes it fruitful. The grace of God in Christ is both the latter and the former rain; and by it the good work of our fruit-bearing is begun and carried on. And as the Redeemer was raised from the grave, so will He revive the hearts and hopes of all that trust in him. The feeblest glimpse of hope in his word, is a sure earnest of increasing light and comfort, which shall be attended with purifying, comforting grace that makes fruitful.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Hosea 6:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְכוּ֙le.KhucomeH1980
וְנָשׁ֣וּבָהve.na.Shu.vahso let us returnH7725
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
כִּ֛יkiforH3588
ה֥וּאhu'heH1931
טָרָ֖ףta.Rafhe has torn to piecesH2963
וְיִרְפָּאֵ֑נוּve.yir.pa.'E.nuand he will heal usH7495
יַ֖ךְyakhhe has struckH5221
וְיַחְבְּשֵֽׁנוּ\׃ve.yach.be.She.nuand he will bind up usH2280

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Cross references for Hosea 6:1

  • Job 5:18

    For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

  • Deuteronomy 32:39

    See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

  • 1 Samuel 2:6

    The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

  • Lamentations 3:40-41

    Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

  • Hosea 14:4

    I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

  • Isaiah 2:3

    And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

  • Isaiah 55:7

    Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  • Job 34:29

    When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

  • Jeremiah 30:17

    For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

  • Hosea 14:1

    O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

  • Lamentations 3:32-33

    But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

  • Jeremiah 50:4

    In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Exhortations to repent and hope in God.
4 A lamentation over those who had sinned after conviction.
5 Reproofs of obstinate sinners, and threatenings against them.

and let.
5:15; 14:1; Isa 2:3; 55:7; Jer 3:22; 50:4; La 3:40,41; Zep 2:1
he hath torn.
5:12-14; 13:7-9; De 32:39; 1Sa 2:6; Job 5:18; 34:29; Ps 30:7
Isa 30:22; Jer 30:12; 33:5; La 3:32,33

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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.

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Hosea 6:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		VENID y volvámonos á Jehová: que él arrebató, y nos curará; hirió, y nos vendará.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Venez, retournons à l’ Éternel, car lui a déchiré, et il nous guérira; il a frappé, et il bandera nos plaies.
German
Elberfelder 1871		"Kommt und laßt uns zu Jehova umkehren; denn er hat zerrissen und wird uns heilen, er hat geschlagen und wird uns verbinden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In tribulatione sua mane consurgent ad me: Venite, et revertamur ad Dominum,