New English Translation
Hosea 14:2
2Return to the Lord and repent! Say to him: “Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls.
Hosea 14:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
- New International Version (NIV)Take words with you and return to the Lord. Say to him: “Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Take with you words and return to the Lord; say to him, "Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Take words with you, And return to the Lord. Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity; Receive us graciously, For we will offer the sacrifices of our lips.
Context of Hosea 14:2
1Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sin has been your downfall! Return to the Lord and repent! Say to him: “Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls. 3Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride warhorses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made. For only you will show compassion to Orphan Israel!” 4“I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger will turn away from them.
Read all of Hosea 14Hosea 14:2 word by word
קְח֤וּ עִמָּכֶם֙ דְּבָרִ֔ים וְשׁ֖וּבוּ אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה אִמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו כָּל־תִּשָּׂ֤א עָוֹן֙ וְקַח־ט֔וֹב וּֽנְשַׁלְּמָ֥ה פָרִ֖ים שְׂפָתֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- with you wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
- and turnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
- to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- unto him, Take awayנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: forgiveH5375
- all iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
- and receiveלָקַחlâqach · to take: recieveH3947
- graciouslyטוֹבţôb · goodH2896
- so will we renderשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
- the calvesפַּרpar pâr · bullockH6499
- of our lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
Cross-references for Hosea 14:2
- Job 34:31“Has anyone said to God, ‘I have endured chastisement, but I will not act wrongly any more.
- Joel 2:17Let the priests, those who serve the Lord, weep from the vestibule all the way back to the altar. Let them say, “Have pity, O Lord, on your people; please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked, to become a proverb among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples, “Where is their God?”
- Matthew 6:9So pray this way: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored,
- Luke 11:2So he said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, may your name be honored; may your kingdom come.
- Luke 18:13The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’
- 2 Samuel 12:13Then David exclaimed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord!” Nathan replied to David, “Yes, and the Lord has forgiven your sin. You are not going to die.
- 2 Samuel 24:10David felt guilty after he had numbered the army. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, O Lord, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
- Job 7:21And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone.”
- Psalms 51:2Wash away my wrongdoing! Cleanse me of my sin!
- Isaiah 6:7He touched my mouth with it and said, “Look, this coal has touched your lips. Your evil is removed; your sin is forgiven.”
- Ezekiel 36:25I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.
- Micah 7:19You will once again have mercy on us; you will conquer our evil deeds; you will hurl our sins into the depths of the sea.
- Zechariah 3:4The angel spoke up to those standing all around, “Remove his filthy clothes.” Then he said to Joshua, “I have freely forgiven your iniquity and will dress you in fine clothing.”
- John 1:29On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
- Romans 11:27And this is my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.”
- Hebrews 10:4For the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins.
Commentaries on Hosea 14:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Take with you words - And you may be assured that you pray aright, when you use the words which God himself has put in your mouths. On this very ground there is a potency in the Lord's Prayer, when offered up believingly, beyond what can be found in any human composition. And it may be presumed that it was this consideration that induced our reformers to introduce it so frequently in the public liturgy. See the order of God's directions here: - Hearing…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Take with you words - He bills them not bring costly offerings, that they might regain His favor; not whole burnt-offerings of bullocks, goats or rams; with which, and with which alone, they had before gone to seek Him (see the note above at Hosea 5:6); not the silver and gold which they had lavished on their idols; but what seems the cheapest of all, which any may have, without cost to their substance; “words;” worthless, as mere words; precious when…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3Hosea created a prayer of confession to guide his people back to the Lord. God’s prophets felt both God's anger over Israel’s rebellion and the people's suffering (see also Daniel 9:4–19). Take away all our iniquity: The Israelites should rely on God’s mercy and grace, openly admitting their many sins. that we may present the fruit of our lips: Israel often offered animal sacrifices for sin, but the Lord made it clear that sacrifices were not the answer…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Take with you words--instead of sacrifices, namely, the words of penitence here put in your mouths by God. "Words," in Hebrew, mean "realities," there being the same term for "words" and "things"; so God implies, He will not accept empty professions (Psa 78:36; Is 29:13). He does not ask costly sacrifices, but words of heartfelt penitence. receive us graciously--literally "(for) good." calves of our lips--that is, instead of sacrifices of calves, which…Read the comment
Topics related to Hosea 14:2
In the dictionaries
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
New English Translation — © 1996-2016 Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C.
Commentaries