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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Hosea 6:1-11

An Earnest Invitation and a Further Admonition. Having stated his threat in a most uncompromising form, the prophet adds a powerful appeal to the people of his nation to heed the warning of the Lord and to accept His mercy. v. 1. Come and let us return unto the Lord, the appeal being to seek the Lord in agreement with the last statement of the preceding Chapter, for He hath torn, by the punishments for sin which He sent upon them, and He will heal us; He hath smitten, so that they were... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Hosea 6:1-11

B. An Accusation especially against the Priests and the Royal House. The untheocratic Policy of the Kingdom of Israel in seeking for Help to Assyria and Egypt is denouncedHosea 5-7I. Mainly against the PriestsHosea 5:1-151 Hear this ye Priests,And give ear, thou House of Israel,And listen, thou House of the King,Because the judgment is for you,And you have been a snare for Mizpah,And a net spread upon Tabor,2 And the apostates make slaughter1 deep [are deeply sunk in slaughter],And I am a... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Hosea 6:1-11

“Let Us Return unto the Lord” Hosea 6:1-11 How full Scripture is of tender invitations: Come, and let us return! This opening verse is closely connected with Hosea 5:15 . The hand that smote was the Father’s who waited to welcome the prodigal nation with healing and up-binding. When the sun seems to dip below the horizon, we begin to travel toward its rising again. Then we follow on, to behold the glorious dawn of the next day, which is prepared for us. Presently we catch the first glimpse,... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Hosea 6:1-11

Here we have the prophet's appeal in consequence of the judgment threatened. It was first a message calling the people to return to Jehovah. It was based on the certainty of divine pity; and a promise of certain prosperity if the people did return to Him. However, it is impossible to read this message without discovering its Messianic values, for all that the prophet declared finds its fulfilment in the Christ by way of His First and Second Advents. There are two appeals: the first, "Come,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:1-3

ISRAEL’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH IDOLS AND WITH ASSYRIA IS NOW DEPICTED AND WARNINGS GIVEN OF WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCE FOR THEM, AND THIS TOGETHER WITH A REMINDER THAT IF THEY RETURN TO HIM HE CAN PROVIDE ALL THAT BAAL PROVIDES AND MORE (Hosea 4:1 to Hosea 6:3 ). Having illustrated Israel’s position in terms of an adulterous and unfaithful wife, Hosea now charges Israel more directly with their sins, and warns them of what the consequences will be if they do not repent and turn back to YHWH.... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:2

‘After two days will he revive us, on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.’ The reference to ‘two days’ indicates that all will not occur instantly, even after their repentance. These are God’s days and therefore longer than those of men. But then YHWH will revive His people in readiness for the ‘third day’ when He will raise them up and restore them to full health so that they may begin to live before Him. The picture is of a man rising from the dead within the three... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:1-3

Hosea 5:15 to Hosea 6:3 . Israel’ s Confession and Penitence.— Yahweh, speaking in His own person, declares that He will return to His place ( i.e. to heaven; cf. Micah 1:3), there to await Israel’ s penitence ( Hosea 5:15). When trouble comes they will eagerly seek Him. Then follows ( Hosea 6:1-Leviticus :) a light-hearted confession of sin by the people, coupled with expressions of assurance that their God will forgive and help them. Many scholars regard this section as an addition by a... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hosea 6:2

In this verse it is most certain we are to regard both the literal and historical sense, and distinguish it from the mystical and accommodated sense; in this latter, these words foretell the death, and resurrection, and future glory of Christ and Christians, as 1 Corinthians 15:4, and so are generally interpreted and applied by expositors. As to the letter, his history, it is in brief thus: After two days; after some short time of sufferings for our sins, or rather when our sufferings have... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Hosea 6:1-3

CRITICAL NOTES.—Hosea 6:1.] Contains an appeal addressed by Israelites one to another. Some, as spoken by the prophet to the exiled and smitten people. Hosea 6:2. Two days.] A proverbial way of expressing the certainty of an event in the time specitied: primarily applied to the conversion of Is: in fulness only realized in the resurrection of Christ. Hosea 6:3. Then] i.e. the consequence of following, hunting and zealous seeking after, would be knowledge in its practical results (ch. Hosea... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:2

Hosea 5:13 ; Hosea 6:2 So Ephraim and Judah went to the wrong person, and did not gain much by their application. The same fatal error is being perpetrated by multitudes amongst us still. The error is as ancient as Cain, and as modern as today. I. It is pretty plain that Israel could not choose to be independent. They had not the forces at their control to enable them to defy all comers. Either the nation must lean on its God, or else it must lean on some arm of flesh, and king Jareb seemed as... read more