Hosea 6:1-3

The Response to God's Rebuke

1 "¹Come, let us return to the LORD. For ²He has torn us, but ³He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will ⁴bandage us.

2 "He will ⁵revive us after two days; He will ⁶raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him.

3 "So let us ⁷know, let us press on to know the LORD. His ⁸going forth is as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the ⁹rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth."

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

• 1. Jeremiah 50:4, 5
• 2. Deuteronomy 32:39; Hosea 5:14
• 3. Jeremiah 30:17; Hosea 14:4
• 4. Isaiah 30:26
• 5. Psalms 30:5
• 6. 1 Corinthians 15:4
• 7. Isaiah 2:3; Micah 4:2
• 8. Psalms 19:6; Micah 5:2
• 9. Job 29:23; Psalms 72:6; Joel 2:23

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "struck"