Hosea 6:1 (DRB)

Passage

In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and let us return to the Lord.

Nearby Context

Hosea 6:1 In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and let us return to the Lord.

Hosea 6:2 For he hath taken us, and he will heal us: he will strike, and he will cure us.

Hosea 6:3 He will revive us after two days: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. We shall know, and we shall follow on, that we may know the Lord. His going forth is prepared as the morning light, and he will come to us as the early and the latter rain to the earth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "affliction", "rise", "early", "come", "return", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "affliction" and "rise", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "For he hath taken us and he...", so "affliction" and "rise" should be read forward into that movement. In Hosea context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "affliction" and "rise" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.