Book of Hosea Chapter 12 Vs. 6

The Lord's Indictment of Israel and Judah 

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. Hos. 12:6

Therefore turn thou... Four secrets of perfect union with God:

1. Turn to Him.

2. Keep mercy—live in grace.

3. Keep judgment with God and man.

4. Wait on God continually.

to thy God... A genuine return to God would involve a commitment to mercy (6:6; 10:12; Mic. 6:8), and justice as well as true dependence on the Lord wait on thy God continually; Psm. 27:14.

and wait on... Their repentance has to do with man, but the greatest repentance for them or us, is to repent and be brought back into right standing with God. God is never very far away. Turn to God, and He is there. This is saying that salvation is a continual thing. Once a person receives salvation, they must continue to walk in that salvation.

Psalms 27:14 "Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD."

So that thou by thy God by His help, for no other way is possible except, like thy father, through wrestling with Him shouldest return: keep leal love and justice and wait on thy God without ceasing.

Like Jacob, the deceitful nation (cf. Hos. 11:12) needed to return (Hos. 12:6) to her covenant Ruler, the Lord God Almighty with tears and prayers (cf. Hos. 12:4).