Hosea 6:1 (YLT)

Passage

`Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up.

Nearby Context

Hosea 6:1 `Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up.

Hosea 6:2 He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him.

Hosea 6:3 And we know--we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain--sprinkling earth.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "come", "turn", "back", "jehovah", "hath", "torn", "doth", and "heal". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "come" and "turn", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "He doth revive us after two days...", so "come" and "turn" 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 "turn" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.