Hosea 6:1-3

Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

1 "Come, let us 1return to the LORD; for 2he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and 3he will bind us up.
2 After two days 4he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
3 5Let us know; 6let us press on to know the LORD; 7his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us 8as the showers, 9as the spring rains that water the earth."

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Hosea 6:1-3 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO HOSEA 6

This chapter gives an account of some who were truly penitent, and stirred up one another to return to the Lord, encouraged by his power, grace, and goodness, Ho 6:1-3; and of others, who had only a form of religion, were very unstable in it; regarded more the ceremonial law, and the external sacrifices of it, than the moral law; either that part of it which respects the love of the neighbour, or that which concerns the knowledge of God; and dealt treacherously with the Lord, transgressing the covenant, Ho 6:4-7; particularly the city of Gilead is represented as full of the workers of iniquity, and is charged with bloodshed, Ho 6:8; yea, even the priests were guilty of murder and lewdness, Ho 6:9; and Israel, or the ten tribes in general, are accused of whoredom, both corporeal and spiritual, with which they were defiled, Ho 6:10; nor was Judah clear of these crimes, and therefore a reckoning day is set for them, Ho 6:11.

Cross References 9

  • 1. Hosea 14:1; [Hosea 3:5]
  • 2. Hosea 5:14; [Hosea 13:7, 8]
  • 3. [Isaiah 30:26]
  • 4. Psalms 71:20; [Luke 24:27, 44; John 2:22; John 20:9; 1 Corinthians 15:4]
  • 5. [Hosea 4:6]
  • 6. [Hosea 4:6]
  • 7. Micah 5:2
  • 8. [Hosea 14:5]
  • 9. Joel 2:23
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