Hosea 6:1-2 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:2

After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up ,.... The Jews, in their present state, are as dead men, both in a civil and spiritual sense, and their conversion and restoration will be as life from the dead; they are like persons buried, and, when they are restored, they will be raised out of their graves, both of sin and misery; see Romans 11:15 ; the time of which is here fixed, after two days, and on the third; which Jarchi interprets of the two temples that... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:2

After two days will he revive - Such is his power that in two or three days he can restore us. He can realize all our hopes, and give us the strongest token for good. In the third day he will raise us up - In so short a time can he give us complete deliverance. These words are supposed to refer to the death and resurrection of our Lord; and it is thought that the apostle refers to them, 1 Corinthians 15:4 ; : "Christ rose again the third day, according to the Scriptures;" and this is... 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:2

Verse 2 This place the Hebrew writers pervert, for they think that they are yet to be redeemed by the coming of the Messiah; and they imagine that this will be the third day: for God once drew them out of Egypt, this was their first life; then, secondly, he restored them to life when he brought them back from the Babylonish captivity; and when God shall, by the hand of the Messiah, gather them from their dispersion, this, they say, will be the third resurrection. But these are frivolous... 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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:2

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:2

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

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