Hosea 5:15

Hosea 5:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
• New International Version (NIV)Then I will return to my lair until they have borne their guilt and seek my face— in their misery they will earnestly seek me.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will return again to My place Till they acknowledge their offense. Then they will seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

Context of Hosea 5:15

13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound. 14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver. I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.

Hosea 5:15 word by word

אֵלֵ֤ךְ אָשׁ֙וּבָה֙ אֶל־מְקוֹמִ֔י עַ֥ד אֲשֶֽׁר־יֶאְשְׁמ֖וּ וּבִקְשׁ֣וּ פָנָ֑י בַּצַּ֥ר לָהֶ֖ם יְשַׁחֲרֻֽנְנִי׃Read the interlinear

• goשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• seekבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
• faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• earnestlyשָׁחַרshâchar · to seekH7836

Cross-references for Hosea 5:15

• Hosea 5:6They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.
• Exodus 25:21And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
• 1 Kings 8:10And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah,
• Psalms 132:14This is my resting-place for ever: Here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
• Isaiah 26:21For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
• Ezekiel 8:6And he said unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel do commit here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But thou shalt again see yet other great abominations.
• Ezekiel 10:4And the glory of Jehovah mounted up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Jehovah’s glory.
• Ezekiel 11:23And the glory of Jehovah went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
• Micah 1:3For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
• Hosea 14:1O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
• Leviticus 26:40And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary unto me,
• Deuteronomy 4:29But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, when thou searchest after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
• Deuteronomy 30:1And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither Jehovah thy God hath driven thee,
• 1 Kings 8:47yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;
• 2 Chronicles 6:36If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto a land far off or near;
• 2 Chronicles 7:14if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Commentaries on Hosea 5:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15I will go and return to my place - I will abandon them till they acknowledge their offenses. This had the wished-for effect, as we shall see in the following chapter; for they repented and turned to God, and he had mercy upon them. These two verses are considered as instances of the true sublime.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15I will go and return to My place - As the wild beast, when he has taken his prey, returns to his covert, so God, when He had fulfilled His will, would, for the time, withdraw all tokens of his presence. God, who is wholly everywhere, is said to dwell “there,” relatively to us, where he manifests Himself, as of old, in the tabernacle, the temple, Zion, Jerusalem. He is said to “go and return,” when He withdraws all tokens of His presence, His help, care…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-15Verses 8-15 The destruction of impenitent sinners is not mere talk, to frighten them, it is a sentence which will not be recalled. And it is a mercy that we have timely warning given us, that we may flee from the wrath to come. Compliance with the commandments of men, who thwart the commandments of God, ripens a people for ruin. The judgments of God are sometimes to a sinful people as a moth, and as rottenness, or as a worm; as these consume the clothes…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Hosea reminded Israel that divine judgment was not just punishment. God's goal was to persuade Israel to admit their guilt and return to the Lord (see Hosea 2:2, 14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. return to my place--that is, withdraw My favor. till they acknowledge their offence--The Hebrew is, "till they suffer the penalty of their guilt." Probably "accepting the punishment of their guilt" (compare Zec 11:5) is included in the idea, as English Version translates. Compare Le 26:40, 41; Jr 29:12, 13; Eze 6:9; 20:43; 36:31. seek my face--that is, seek My favor (Pr 29:26, Margin). in ... affliction ... seek me early--that is, diligently; rising…Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 5:15

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Backsliders
• Repentance
• Seekers

In the dictionaries

• Profound
• Rebuke
• Face
• Guilt
• Hosea
• Tribulation
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings