Hosea 14:4

Hosea 14:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
• New International Version (NIV)“I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will heal their apostasy; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from him.

Context of Hosea 14:4

2Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips. 3Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.” I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them. 5I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. 6His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.

Hosea 14:4 word by word

אֶרְפָּא֙ מְשׁ֣וּבָתָ֔ם אֹהֲבֵ֖ם נְדָבָ֑ה כִּ֛י שָׁ֥ב אַפִּ֖י מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

• I will healרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495
• their apostasyמְשׁוּבָהmeshûbâh meshûbâh · faithlessnessH4878
• I will freelyנְדָבָהnedâbâh · voluntarinessH5071
• love themאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• My angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• has turned awayשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
• from themמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480

Cross-references for Hosea 14:4

• Hosea 11:7My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
• Exodus 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
• Isaiah 57:18I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
• Jeremiah 3:22“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.
• Jeremiah 5:6Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
• Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
• Jeremiah 14:7Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
• Jeremiah 17:14Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
• Jeremiah 33:6Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
• Matthew 9:12On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
• Deuteronomy 7:7The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
• Zephaniah 3:17The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
• Romans 3:24and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
• Ephesians 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
• Ephesians 2:4But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
• 2 Timothy 1:9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

Commentaries on Hosea 14:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I will heal their backsliding - Here is the answer of God to these prayers and resolutions. See its parts: - Ye have backslidden and fallen, and are grievously and mortally wounded by that fall; but I, who am the Author of life, and who redeem from death, will heal all these wounds and spiritual diseases. I will love them freely - נדבה nedabah, after a liberal, princely manner. I will love them so as to do them incessant good. It shall not be a love of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4I will heal their backsliding - God, in answer, promises to “heal” that wound of their souls, from where every other evil came, their fickleness and unsteadfastness. Hitherto, this had been the characteristic of Israel. “Within a while they forgat His works, and would not abide His counsels” Psalm 106:13. “They forgat what He had done. Their heart was not whole with Him; neither continued they steadfast in His covenant. They turned back and tempted God…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-8Verses 4-8 Israel seeks God's face, and they shall not seek it in vain. His anger is turned from them. Whom God loves, he loves freely; not because they deserve it, but of his own good pleasure. God will be to them all they need. The graces of the Spirit are the hidden manna, hidden in the dew; the grace thus freely bestowed on them shall not be in vain. They shall grow upward, and be more flourishing; shall grow as the lily. The lily, when come to its…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4I will heal their apostasy: Only God can cure the disease of sin. The Lord heals all our physical and spiritual diseases (Psalm 103:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. God's gracious reply to their self-condemning prayer. backsliding--apostasy: not merely occasional backslidings. God can heal the most desperate sinfulness [Calvin]. freely--with a gratuitous, unmerited, and abundant love (Eze 16:60-63). So as to the spiritual Israel (Joh 15:16; Ro 3:24; 5:8; 1Jo 4:10).Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 14:4

• Anger
• Backsliders
• God
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In the dictionaries

• Heal
• Backslide
• Freely
• Hosea
• Regeneration
• Unchangeable; Unchangeableness
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 14

• 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