Hosea 6:1 ESV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 6:1-3

These may be taken either as the words of the prophet to the people, calling them to repentance, or as the words of the people to one another, exciting and encouraging one another to seek the Lord, and to humble themselves before him, in hopes of finding mercy with him. God had said, In their affliction they will seek me; now the prophet, and the good people his friends, would strike while the iron was hot, and set in with the convictions their neighbours seemed to be under. Note, Those who... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:1

Come, and let us return unto the Lord ,.... The Septuagint and Arabic versions connect these words with the last clause of the preceding chapter, adding the word, "saying"; and so the Targum and Syriac version, "they shall say"; and very rightly as to the sense; for they are the words of those persons under the afflicting hand of God; and, being brought thereby to a sense of their sins, acknowledge them, and seek to the Lord for pardon, and encourage one another so to do; as Israel and Judah... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:1

Come, and let us return unto the Lord - When God had purposed to abandon them, and they found that he had returned to his place - to his temple, where alone he could be successfully sought; they, feeling their weakness, and the fickleness, weariness, and unfaithfulness of their idols and allies, now resolve to "return to the Lord;" and, referring to what he said, Hosea 5:14 ; : "I will tear and go away;" they say, he "hath torn, but he will heal us;" their allies had torn, but they gave... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:1

Verse 1 In the last chapter the Prophet said, that the Israelites, after having been subdued by chastisements and judgments, would again turn back from following error to seek God. But as terror drives men away from approaching God, he now adds, that the measure of afflictions would not be such as would discourage their minds and produce despair; but rather inspire them with the assurance, that God would be propitious to them: and that he might set this forth the better, he introduces them as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

He hath torn, and he will heal us. The presence of the pronoun imparts emphasis to the statement, so that it is rather, he it is that hath torn ; and the preterit of this verse, compared with the future in verse 14 of the foregoing chapter, implies that the destruction there predicted has become an accomplished fact. He hath smitten, and he will bind us up. The language is figurative, and borrowed from medical science. Jehovah, not Jareb nor any sovereign of Assyria, is the physician.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

On returning to the Lord. The graciousness of God is seen in nothing more conspicuously than in his willingness to receive those who come to him under the influence of sorrow. In all ages he has condescended to use afflictions to bring men and nations to an acknowledgment of their need of him. This was always a feature of his dealings with Israel. The growing tyranny of the taskmasters in Egypt aroused the cry of the Israelites for Divine interposition, without which they never could have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

The Divine Healer. In this book of prophecy we find, side by side, the sternest reproaches and denunciations of the idolatrous and apostate, and the mist tender and gracious assurances of compassion for the penitent. I. CHASTISEMENT HAS BEEN INFLICTED FOR SIN . The language used is very vigorous, almost rough. God is represented as having torn his people as a lion tears his prey, as having smitten his people as a master smites his slave. At the same time there is no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

Man's highest social action. "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." These words are to be regarded as an address by the prophet, in the Name of the Lord, to those who had been smitten or sent into exile. They mean: let us go no more to the Assyrians nor to any other incapable deliverer, but "let us return unto the Lord;" put away all confidence in an arm of flesh, renounce all idolatries. Take the words as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1-3

EXPOSITION These three verses have, by the division into chapters, been violently and improperly torn from the preceding chapter, to which they naturally belong. Their connection with the foregoing sentiments is indicated by the ancient versions—Chaldee and Septuagint, the LXX ; for example, inserting λέγοντες , as if the reading had been לֵאסֹר : This read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1-3

Exhortation and encouragement to repentance. Whether the opening words of this chapter be those which the penitents address mutually to each other, or whether they be the exhortation of the prophet encouraging the people to return to God, the sentiment they contain is equally important, and the duty enjoined is equally imperative. I. THE URGENCY OF THIS APPEAL IS STRIKING . From whichever of the sources indicated this appeal proceeds, its urgency is unmistakable, as implied... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 6:1-3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

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