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He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hosea/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces; now he will heal us. He has injured us; now he will bandage our wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Come, and let us return to the LORD; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Come, let’s return to the LORD. For He has torn <i>us,</i> but He will heal us; He has wounded <i>us,</i> but He will bandage us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn <i>us,</i> but He will heal us; He has wounded <i>us,</i> but He will bandage us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Come, let us return to Yahweh. For He has torn <i>us</i>, but He will heal us; He has struck <i>us</i>, but He will bandage us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Come and let us return [in repentance] to the LORD, For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Come, let’s return to the LORD. For he has torn us, and he will heal us; he has wounded us, and he will bind up our wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, and He will heal us; He has wounded us, and He will bind up our wounds. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Let's return to the LORD. He has torn us to shreds, but he will bandage our wounds and make us well. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Let's return to the LORD. Even though he has torn us to pieces, he will heal us. Even though he has wounded us, he will bandage our wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The people say, "Let's return to the LORD! He has hurt us, but he will be sure to heal us; he has wounded us, but he will bandage our wounds, won't he? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Come, let us return to the LORD; even though he has torn us, he will heal us. Even though he has wounded us, he will bind our wounds. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Come on! Let's return to the LORD! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Come, and let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Come! Let’s return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Come, and we turn back to YHWH, "" For He has torn, and He heals us, "" He strikes, and He binds us up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Go ye and we will turn back to Jehovah: for he rent and he will heal us; he will strike, and he will bind us up.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and let us return to the Lord: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />In their tribulation, they will arise early to me. Come, let us return to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“Come, let us return to the LORD, For it is he who has torn, but he will heal us; he has struck down, but he will bind our wounds. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Come, let us return to the LORD; for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck down, and he will bind us up.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />THEY shall say, Come, let us return and go to the LORD who has smitten us, and he will heal us; he has wounded us, and he will bind us up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they will say: ”We shall return, we shall go to LORD JEHOVAH who struck us, and he shall heal us; and he has broken us and he will bind us up<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />In their affliction they will seek me early, saying, Let us go, and return to the Lord our God; for he has torn, and will heal us; he will smite, and bind us up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/6-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=836" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/6.htm">Israel and Judah are Unrepentant</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lə·ḵū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">Come,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: wə·nā·šū·ḇāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">let us return</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">He</a> <a href="/hebrew/2963.htm" title="2963: ṭā·rāp̄ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To tear, rend, pluck. A primitive root; to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food.">has torn us to pieces,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7495.htm" title="7495: wə·yir·pā·’ê·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3ms:: 1cp) -- To heal. Or raphah; a primitive root; properly, to mend, i.e. to cure.">but He will heal us;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: yaḵ (V-Hifil-Imperf.Jus-3ms) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">He has wounded us,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2280.htm" title="2280: wə·yaḥ·bə·šê·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3ms:: 1cp) -- To bind, bind on, bind up. A primitive root; to wrap firmly; figuratively, to stop, to rule.">but He will bind up our wounds.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Jeremiah 3:22</a></span><br />“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Isaiah 55:7</a></span><br />Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a></span><br />“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” / So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-40.htm">Lamentations 3:40-41</a></span><br />Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. / Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/30-2.htm">Deuteronomy 30:2-3</a></span><br />and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today, / then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a></span><br />and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/1-3.htm">Zechariah 1:3</a></span><br />So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-22.htm">Isaiah 19:22</a></span><br />And the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/80-3.htm">Psalm 80:3</a></span><br />Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-17.htm">Psalm 51:17</a></span><br />The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a></span><br />Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-8.htm">James 4:8-10</a></span><br />Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. / Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom. / Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a></span><br />If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a></span><br />Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-10.htm">2 Corinthians 7:10</a></span><br />Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up.</p><p class="hdg">and let.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/5-15.htm">Hosea 5:15</a></b></br> I will go <i>and</i> return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Hosea 14:1</a></b></br> O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-3.htm">Isaiah 2:3</a></b></br> And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.</p><p class="hdg">he hath torn.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/5-12.htm">Hosea 5:12-14</a></b></br> Therefore <i>will</i> I <i>be</i> unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/13-7.htm">Hosea 13:7-9</a></b></br> Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe <i>them</i>: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-39.htm">Deuteronomy 32:39</a></b></br> See now that I, <i>even</i> I, <i>am</i> he, and <i>there is</i> no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither <i>is there any</i> that can deliver out of my hand.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/30-21.htm">Bandage</a> <a href="/daniel/3-20.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-11.htm">Bindeth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-3.htm">Blows</a> <a href="/hosea/5-13.htm">Heal</a> <a href="/daniel/11-45.htm">Help</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Injured</a> <a href="/hosea/5-14.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/daniel/2-34.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/daniel/4-19.htm">Stricken</a> <a href="/daniel/2-5.htm">Torn</a> <a href="/hosea/5-15.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-8.htm">Wounded</a> <a href="/hosea/5-14.htm">Wounds</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/20-38.htm">Bandage</a> <a href="/hosea/10-10.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/genesis/22-9.htm">Bindeth</a> <a href="/matthew/10-17.htm">Blows</a> <a href="/hosea/7-1.htm">Heal</a> <a href="/hosea/8-2.htm">Help</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-3.htm">Injured</a> <a href="/hosea/6-5.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/hosea/10-2.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/hosea/9-16.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/hosea/9-16.htm">Stricken</a> <a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Torn</a> <a href="/hosea/6-11.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/hosea/13-8.htm">Wounded</a> <a href="/micah/1-9.htm">Wounds</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/6-1.htm">Exhortations to repent and hope in God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/6-4.htm">A lamentation over those who had sinned after conviction.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/6-5.htm">Reproofs of obstinate sinners, and threats against them.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It reflects the recurring theme in the prophetic books where the people of Israel are urged to turn back to God after a period of disobedience. The use of "return" implies a previous relationship that has been broken. This call is reminiscent of other biblical invitations to repentance, such as in <a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a>, where the people are urged to return to God with all their hearts. The communal aspect ("let us") suggests a collective responsibility and action, emphasizing the importance of community in the faith journey.<p><b>For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us;</b><br>This acknowledges God's role in both judgment and restoration. The imagery of being "torn to pieces" suggests severe discipline, akin to a lion's attack, which is a metaphor used elsewhere in Hosea (<a href="/hosea/5-14.htm">Hosea 5:14</a>). This reflects the covenant curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where disobedience leads to divine punishment. However, the promise of healing indicates God's mercy and willingness to restore. This duality of judgment and healing is seen throughout the Old Testament, such as in <a href="/isaiah/57-18.htm">Isaiah 57:18-19</a>, where God promises to heal and guide those He has disciplined.<p><b>He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.</b><br>The language of wounding and binding up is medical, suggesting that God acts as a physician. This metaphor highlights God's sovereignty in both allowing suffering and providing comfort and restoration. The process of binding wounds implies care and attention, pointing to God's compassion. This is echoed in <a href="/psalms/147-3.htm">Psalm 147:3</a>, where God heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Theologically, this reflects the redemptive nature of God's discipline, where suffering leads to spiritual growth and renewal. The ultimate fulfillment of this healing is found in Jesus Christ, who is described as the Great Physician in the New Testament, bringing spiritual and physical healing to those who believe.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a></b><br>A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, Hosea's ministry focused on calling Israel back to faithfulness to God amidst widespread idolatry and moral decay.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, often depicted as unfaithful to God, which Hosea addresses, urging them to repent and return to the LORD.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who desires a relationship with His people and offers healing and restoration despite their unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br><a href="/hosea/6.htm">Hosea 6:1</a> is a powerful call to repentance, urging believers to return to God wholeheartedly. It reminds us that true repentance involves acknowledging our sins and turning back to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_discipline_and_healing.htm">God's Discipline and Healing</a></b><br>The verse highlights the dual nature of God's actions—He disciplines but also heals. This teaches us that God's discipline is not punitive but redemptive, aimed at bringing us back to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a></b><br>The promise of healing and binding up wounds offers hope. No matter how far we have strayed, God is willing and able to restore us if we return to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>The call to return to the LORD underscores the importance of maintaining a covenant relationship with God, characterized by faithfulness and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_call.htm">Community Call</a></b><br>The use of "let us" indicates a communal call to repentance, suggesting that returning to God is not just an individual act but a collective responsibility.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_history_support_hosea_6's_claims.htm">Does the broader historical and archeological record support Hosea 6’s depiction of Israel’s quick rebellion and restoration, or does it lack evidence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_rededicating_to_christ.htm">What does rededicating your life to Christ mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_'tear'_then_heal_in_hosea_6_1.htm">In Hosea 6:1, how does a benevolent God justify first “tearing” His people only to heal them, and isn’t this contradictory? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_hosea_10_15_align_with_god's_mercy.htm">Hosea 10:15: How does the severe punishment described reconcile with portrayals of a merciful God elsewhere in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 1-3.</span> - 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 <span class="greek">λέγοντες</span>, as if the reading had been <span class="hebrew">לֵאסֹר</span>: This <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> represents the Israelites exhorting one another in that good time which the prophet encourages them to expect. But <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> it may be regarded as the prophet's own exhortation to the exiles; their affliction urging them to seek the Lord, and their encouragement consisting in the knowledge of his ability and willingness to heal the wounds which his own hand had inflicted. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He hath torn, and he will heal us.</span> The presence of the pronoun imparts emphasis to the statement, so that it is rather, he <span class="accented">it is that hath torn</span>; and the preterit of this verse, compared with the future in ver. 14 of the foregoing chapter, implies that the destruction there predicted has become an accomplished fact. <span class="cmt_word">He hath smitten, and he will bind us up.</span> The language is figurative, and borrowed from medical science. Jehovah, not Jareb nor any sovereign of Assyria, is the physician. Long before he had assured his people Israel of this, saying, "I am the Lord that healeth thee" (<a href="/exodus/15-26.htm">Exodus 15:26</a>); and again, "I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal" (<a href="/deuteronomy/32-39.htm">Deuteronomy 32:39</a>). Aben Ezra, commenting on <span class="accented">yachbeshena</span>, alludes to the ancient mode of surgical practice, probably as indicated m <a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Isaiah 1:6</a>: A wound needs to be pressed out and bound up, and afterwards softened with oil." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/6-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Come,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">let us return</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָשׁ֣וּבָה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·šū·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He</span><br /><span class="heb">ה֥וּא</span> <span class="translit">(hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has torn us to pieces,</span><br /><span class="heb">טָרָ֖ף</span> <span class="translit">(ṭā·rāp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2963.htm">Strong's 2963: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pluck off, pull to pieces, to supply with food</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but He will heal us;</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיִרְפָּאֵ֑נוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yir·pā·’ê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7495.htm">Strong's 7495: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mend, to cure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He has wounded us,</span><br /><span class="heb">יַ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(yaḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but He will bind us up.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיַחְבְּשֵֽׁנוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yaḥ·bə·šê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2280.htm">Strong's 2280: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wrap firmly, to stop, to rule</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/6-1.htm">Hosea 6:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/6-1.htm">Hosea 6:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/6-1.htm">Hosea 6:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/6-1.htm">Hosea 6:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/6-1.htm">Hosea 6:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/6-1.htm">Hosea 6:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/6-1.htm">Hosea 6:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/6-1.htm">Hosea 6:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/6-1.htm">Hosea 6:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/6-1.htm">Hosea 6:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/6-1.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 6:1 Come and let us return to Yahweh (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/5-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 5:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 5:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/6-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 6:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 6:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>