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Hosea 14

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1O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

2Take with you words, and return unto Jehovah: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render as bullocks the offering of our lips.

3Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.

5I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

7They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

8Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.

9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.

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Parallel translations · Hosea 14:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

KJV · King James Version (1611)

O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

Turn back, O Israel, unto Jehovah thy God, For thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity.

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

Let Samaria perish, because she hath stirred up her God to bitterness: let them perish by the sword, let their little ones be dashed, and let the women with child be ripped up.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

O Israel, return unto Jehovah thyGod; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate Hosea 14:1.

  • Jeremiah 2:19

    Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

  • 1 Samuel 7:3

    And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto Jehovah with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

  • Jeremiah 3:12

    Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah; I will not look in anger upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah, I will not keep anger for ever.

  • Ezekiel 28:14

    Thou wast the anointed cherub that covereth: and I set thee, so that thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

  • Jeremiah 4:1

    If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith Jehovah, if thou wilt return unto me, and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight; then shalt thou not be removed;

  • 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.

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