New English Translation
Hosea 5:15
15Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.
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 Ephraim turned to Assyria, and begged its great king for help. But he will not be able to heal you! He cannot cure your wound! 14I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.
Read all of Hosea 5Hosea 5:15 word by word
אֵלֵ֤ךְ אָשׁ֙וּבָה֙ אֶל־מְקוֹמִ֔י עַ֥ד אֲשֶֽׁר־יֶאְשְׁמ֖וּ וּבִקְשׁ֣וּ פָנָ֑י בַּצַּ֥ר לָהֶ֖ם יְשַׁחֲרֻֽנְנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- I will goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
- to my placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
- till they acknowledge their offenceאָשַׁם'âsham 'âshêm · be guiltyH816
- and seekבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
- my faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
- in their afflictionצַרtsar tsâr · distressH6862
- they will seek me earlyשָׁחַרshâchar · to seekH7836
Cross-references for Hosea 5:15
- Hosea 5:6Although they bring their flocks and herds to seek the favor of the Lord, They will not find him – he has withdrawn himself from them!
- Exodus 25:21You are to put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and in the ark you are to put the testimony I am giving you.
- 1 Kings 8:10Once the priests left the holy place, a cloud filled the Lord’s temple.
- Psalms 132:14He said, “This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.
- Isaiah 26:21For look, the Lord is coming out of the place where he lives, to punish the sin of those who live on the earth. The earth will display the blood shed on it; it will no longer cover up its slain.
- Ezekiel 8:6He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing – the great abominations that the people of Israel are practicing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see greater abominations than these!”
- Ezekiel 10:4Then the glory of the Lord arose from the cherub and moved to the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud while the court was filled with the brightness of the Lord’s glory.
- Ezekiel 11:23The glory of the Lord rose up from within the city and stopped over the mountain east of it.
- Micah 1:3Look, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops!
- Hosea 14:1Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sin has been your downfall!
- Leviticus 26:40However, when they confess their iniquity and their ancestors’ iniquity which they committed by trespassing against me, by which they also walked in hostility against me
- Deuteronomy 4:29But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.
- Deuteronomy 30:1“When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses I have set before you, you will reflect upon them in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you.
- 1 Kings 8:47When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray; we have done evil.’
- 2 Chronicles 6:36“The time will come when your people will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry at them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their land, whether far away or close by.
- 2 Chronicles 7:14if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and 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
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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
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