Revised Literal Translation
Hosea 14:1
1O Israel, return unto Yhwh thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Hosea 14:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
- New International Version (NIV)Return, Israel, to the Lord your God. Your sins have been your downfall!
- English Standard Version (ESV)Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
- New King James Version (NKJV)O Israel, return to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled because of your iniquity;
Context of Hosea 14:1
O Israel, return unto Yhwh thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 2Take with you words, and turn to Yhwh: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. 3Asshur 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.
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שׁ֚וּבָה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַ֖ד יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ כִּ֥י כָשַׁ֖לְתָּ בַּעֲוֹנֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Hosea 14:1
- Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return unto Yhwh: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
- Hosea 12:6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
- 1 Samuel 7:3And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto Yhwh with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto Yhwh, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
- 2 Chronicles 30:6So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto Yhwh God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
- Isaiah 55:6Seek ye Yhwh while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
- Jeremiah 3:12Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Yhwh; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith Yhwh, and I will not keep anger for ever.
- Jeremiah 4:1If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith Yhwh, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
- Joel 2:12Therefore also now, saith Yhwh, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
- Zechariah 1:3Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith Yhwh of Armies; Turn ye unto me, saith Yhwh of Armies, and I will turn unto you, saith Yhwh of Armies.
- Acts 26:18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
- Hosea 13:9O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
- Jeremiah 2:19Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken Yhwh thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord Yhwh of Armies.
- Lamentations 5:16The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
- Ezekiel 28:14Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Commentaries on Hosea 14:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1O Israel, return unto the Lord - These words may be considered as addressed to the people now in captivity; suffering much, but having still much more to suffer if they did not repent. But it seems all these evils might yet be prevented, though so positively predicted, if the people would repent and return; and the very exhortation to this repentance shows that they still had power to repent, and that God was ready to save them and avert all these evils…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1O Israel, return - (now, quite) unto the Lord your God The heavy and scarcely interrupted tide of denunciation is now past. Billow upon billow have rolled over Ephraim and the last wave discharged itself in the overwhelming, indiscriminating destruction of the seat of its strength. As a nation, it was to cease to be. its separate existence was a curse, not a blessing; the offspring of rivalry, matured by apostasy; the parent, in its turn, of jealousy…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1An exhortation to repentance. (Hos. 14:1-3) Blessings promised, showing the rich comforts of the gospel. (Hos. 14:4-8) The just and the wicked. (Hos. 14:9) Verses 1-3 Israel is exhorted to return unto Jehovah, from their sins and idols, by faith in his mercy, and grace through the promised Redeemer, and by diligently attending on his worship and service. Take away iniquity; lift it off as a burden we are ready to sink under, or as the stumbling-block we…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-9Destruction was not God's final message to his covenant people. Although judgment must happen, God's healing and restoring grace is stronger than human sin.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-91. fallen by thine iniquity--(Ho 5:5; 13:9).Read the comment
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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
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