Hosea 6:1
"Come, and let us 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.
WEB
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.
KJV
What Hosea 6:1 means
It is a call for a wayward people to turn back to God, trusting that the same God who let them be wounded will also heal them.
Hosea was a prophet in the northern kingdom of Israel during a time of unfaithfulness and coming judgment. These are words he puts on the people's lips, a summons to return to God after a season of being broken. The striking image is that God "has torn" and will "heal," that the wounding and the mending come from the same hand.
In its setting this is about a nation facing the consequences of turning away and being invited home. It captures a pattern the Bible returns to often: that hardship can be what finally turns people back toward God.