Hosea 6:1

Hosea 6:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Come, and let us return to the Lord; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up.

Context of Hosea 6:1

Let’s return to the Lord. Even though he has torn us to pieces, he will heal us. Even though he has wounded us, he will bandage our wounds. 2After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us so that we may live in his presence. 3Let’s learn about the Lord. Let’s get to know the Lord. He will come to us as sure as the morning comes. He will come to us like the autumn rains and the spring rains that water the ground.

Hosea 6:1 word by word

לְכוּ֙ וְנָשׁ֣וּבָה אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֛י ה֥וּא טָרָ֖ף וְיִרְפָּאֵ֑נוּ יַ֖ךְ וְיַחְבְּשֵֽׁנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Comeיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• and let us returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• for he hath tornטָרַףţâraph · to tearH2963
• and he will healרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495
• us; he hath smittenנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• and he will bind us upחָבַשׁchâbash · to saddle/tieH2280

Cross-references for Hosea 6:1

• Hosea 5:15I will go back to my place until they admit that they are guilty. Then they will search for me. In their distress they will eagerly look for me.”
• Hosea 14:1Israel, return to the Lord your God. You have stumbled because of your sins.
• Isaiah 2:3Then many people will come and say, “Let’s go to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways so that we may live by them.” The teachings will go out from Zion. The Lord’s word will go out from Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 55:7Let wicked people abandon their ways. Let evil people abandon their thoughts. Let them return to the Lord, and he will show compassion to them. Let them return to our God, because he will freely forgive them.
• Jeremiah 3:22“Come back, you rebellious people, and I will forgive you for being unfaithful.” Here we are! We have come to you because you are the Lord our God.
• Jeremiah 50:4“In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “the people of Israel and Judah will cry as they go together to seek the Lord their God.
• Lamentations 3:40Let us look closely at our ways and examine them and then return to the Lord.
• Zephaniah 2:1Gather yourselves together! Yes, gather together, you shameless nation,
• Hosea 5:12I will destroy Ephraim as a moth destroys clothing. I will destroy the nation of Judah as rot destroys wood.
• Hosea 13:7So I will be like a lion. Like a leopard I will wait by the road to ambush you.
• Deuteronomy 32:39See, I am the only God. There are no others. I kill, and I make alive. I wound, and I heal, and no one can rescue you from my power.
• 1 Samuel 2:6“The Lord kills, and he gives life. He makes ⌞people⌟ go down to the grave, and he raises them up ⌞again⌟.
• Job 5:18God injures, but he bandages. He beats you up, but his hands make you well.
• Job 34:29If he keeps quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, who can see him whether it is a nation or a single person?
• Psalms 30:7O Lord, by your favor you have made my mountain stand firm. When you hid your face, I was terrified.
• Isaiah 30:22Then you will dishonor your silver-plated idols and your gold-covered statues. You will throw them away like clothing ruined by stains. You will say to them, “Get out!”

Commentaries on Hosea 6:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Come, 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, Hosea 5:14; : "I will tear and go away;" they say, he "hath torn, but he will heal us;" their…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Come and let us return unto the Lord - These words depend closely on the foregoing. They are words put into their mouth by God Himself, with which or with the like, they should exhort one another to return to God. Before, when God smote them, they had gone to Assyria; now they should turn to Him, owning, not only that He who “tore” has the power and the will to “heal” them, but that He tore, “in order to” heal them; He smote them, “in order to” bind them…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1An 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3After 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.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-11At 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…Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 6:1

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Backsliders
• Repentance

In the dictionaries

• Consent
• Follow
• Hosea
• Prophecy; Prophets
• Sin (1)
• Untoward
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings