Hosea 6:1 (LSB)

Passage

“Come, let us return to Yahweh. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has struck us, but He will bandage us.

Nearby Context

Hosea 6:1 “Come, let us return to Yahweh. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has struck us, but He will bandage us.

Hosea 6:2 He will make us alive after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him.

Hosea 6:3 So let us know, let us pursue to know Yahweh. His going forth is established as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, Like the late rain watering the earth.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "come", "return", "yahweh", "torn", "heal", "struck", and "bandage". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "come" and "return", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "He will make us alive after two...", so "come" and "return" 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 "come" and "return" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.