Hosea 6:1-11
1 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.
2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodnessa is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 But they like menb have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is pollutedc with blood.
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
Contents: The voice of the remnant of Israel in the last days. Jehovah's response.
Characters: God.
Conclusion: The consideration of God's judgments upon us because of sin should awaken us to return to God by repentance, prayer and reformation. He who has smitten us will bind us up if we humbly return to Him.
Key Word: Return, Hosea 6:1.
Strong Verses: Hosea 6:1; Hosea 6:3; Hosea 6:6.
Striking Facts: Hosea 6:1-3. This will be Israel's resolve in the last days, as the result of the «time of Jacob's trouble.» The Lord Jesus will be to them as a refreshing rain after a long drought, and Israel shall be revived.