Albert Barnes Commentary Hosea 6:1

"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." — Hosea 6:1 (ASV)

Come and let us return to the Lord – These words depend closely on the preceding text. They are words God Himself puts into their mouths, with which, or with similar words, they should exhort one another to return to God. Before, when God struck them, they had gone to Assyria; now they should turn to Him, acknowledging not only that He who tore has the power and the will to heal them, but that He tore in order to heal them; He struck them in order to bind them up.

This closeness of connection is expressed in the last words; literally, He will smite, and He will bind us up. “He smites the corruption of the misdeed; He heals the pain of the wound. Physicians do this: they cut, they strike, they heal; they arm themselves in order to strike; they carry steel and come to cure.”

They are not content to return individually or to be saved alone. Each encourages another to repentance, as they did before to evil. The dry bones, scattered on the face of the earth, reunite. There is a general movement among those who sat in darkness and the shadow of death, to return together to Him, who is the source of life.