Hosea 6:1 Meaning and Explanation
“Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →A summons to come back to the LORD, trusting that the One who wounded will also heal and bind up.
What Does Hosea 6:1 Mean?
After chapters of warning, a new voice rises -- a people urging one another homeward. The God who let them be torn is the same God they now turn to, confident that His striking was never the end of the story.
The wound and the healing come from the same hand, and that is the gospel hidden in this verse. God does not tear to destroy but to draw back; His discipline is the surgeon's cut, aimed at restoration. Whoever has felt broken by God's correction is invited here to return rather than run, for the hand that smites is the hand that binds up.
Hosea 6:1 in the Original Language
shuv (שׁוּב), 'return' -- to turn back and come home, the prophets' core word for repentance.
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What does Hosea 6:1 mean?
A summons to come back to the LORD, trusting that the One who wounded will also heal and bind up.