1. let us return —in order that God who has "returned to His place" may return to us ( :- ). torn, and . . . heal — ( Deuteronomy 32:39 ; Jeremiah 30:17 ). They ascribe their punishment not to fortune, or man, but to God, and acknowledge that none (not the Assyrian, as they once vainly thought, Hosea 5:13 ) but God can heal their wound. They are at the same time persuaded of the mercy of God, which persuasion is the starting-point of true repentance, and without which men would not seek, but hate and flee from God. Though our wound be severe, it is not past hope of recovery; there is room for grace, and a hope of pardon. He hath smitten us, but not so badly that He cannot heal us ( Psalms 130:4 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
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pericope/per-hos-6-001
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Source
source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological