Hosea 6:1

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

““Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.”

— WEB

“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.”

— KJV

“Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.”

— ASV

Cross-references

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Job 5:18 "For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole."
Deuteronomy 32:39 "“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out o…"
1 Samuel 2:6 "“Yahweh kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol,Sheol is the place of the dead. and brings up."
Lamentations 3:40-41 "Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh."
Hosea 14:4 "“I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him."
Job 34:29 "When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,"
Isaiah 55:7 "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our…"
Isaiah 2:3 "Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of hi…"

Commentary

These may be taken either as the words of the prophet to the people, calling them to repentance, or as the words of the people to one another, exciting and encouraging one another to seek the Lord, and to humble themselves before him, in hopes of finding mercy with him. God had said, In their affliction they will seek me; now the prophet, and the good people his friends, would strike while the iron was hot, and set in with the convictions their neighbours seemed to be under. Note, Those who are disposed to turn to God themselves should do all they can to excite, and engage, and encourage others to return to him. Observe, I. What it is they engage to do: "Come, and let us return to the Lord, Hos 6:1. Let us go no more to the Assyrian, nor send to king Jareb; we have had enough of that. But let us return to the Lord, return to the worship of him from our idolatries, and to our hope in him from all our confidences in the creature." Note, It is the great concern of those who have revolted from God to return to him. And those who have gone from him 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 mutual edification. II.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary (public domain)

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