“Come, Let Us Return to YHWH”: Cohortatives, Paradox, and Theological Healing in Hosea 6:1
לְכוּ֙ וְנָשׁ֣וּבָה אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֛י ה֥וּא טָרָ֖ף וְיִרְפָּאֵ֑נוּ יַ֖ךְ וְיַחְבְּשֵֽׁנוּ׃ (Hosea 6:1) Come, and let us return to YHWH: for He has torn, and He will heal us; He has struck, and He will bind us up. A Call to Return and Be Healed Hosea 6:1 begins a poetic and theological call for national repentance. Spoken…