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Hosea 14:4
4‘Assyria will not save us. We will not ride on horses, and we will never again say, “Our god,” to the work of our hands, for with You, orphans find mercy.’”
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
2Return O Israel, to Adonai your God, for you have stumbled in your iniquity. 3Take words with you and return to Adonai. Say to Him: “Take away all iniquity, and accept what is good, so we may repay with offerings of our lips: ‘Assyria will not save us. We will not ride on horses, and we will never again say, “Our god,” to the work of our hands, for with You, orphans find mercy.’” 5“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, for My anger will turn away from him. 6I will be like dew for Israel. He will blossom like a lily, and thrust out his roots like Lebanon.
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אֶרְפָּא֙ מְשׁ֣וּבָתָ֔ם אֹהֲבֵ֖ם נְדָבָ֑ה כִּ֛י שָׁ֥ב אַפִּ֖י מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Hosea 14:4
- Hosea 11:7So My people are bent on turning from Me. Although they are being called upwards, none will rise up.
- Exodus 15:26He said, “If you diligently listen to the voice of Adonai your God, do what is right in His eyes, pay attention to His mitzvot, and keep all His decrees, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians. For I am Adonai who heals you.”
- Isaiah 57:18I have seen his ways, but I will heal him. I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners.
- Jeremiah 3:22“Return, backsliding children! I will heal your backsliding.” “Yes, we will come to You for You are Adonai Eloheinu.
- Jeremiah 5:6Therefore a lion from the forest will kill them. A desert wolf will ravage them. A leopard watches over their cities. Everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces, For their rebellion is great, their backslidings frequent.
- Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Then why has no healing gone up for the daughter of my people?
- Jeremiah 14:7Though our iniquities testify against us, Adonai, act for Your Name’s sake. For our backslidings are many. We have sinned against You.
- Jeremiah 17:14Heal me, Adonai, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved. For You are my praise.
- Jeremiah 33:6“Indeed, I will bring it health and healing, and I will surely heal them. I will reveal to them an abundance of shalom and truth.
- Matthew 9:12But when He heard this, Yeshua said, “Those who are healthy have no need for a doctor, but those who are sick do.
- Deuteronomy 7:7“It is not because you are more numerous than all the peoples that Adonai set His love on you and chose you—for you are the least of all peoples.
- Zephaniah 3:17Adonai your God is in your midst— a mighty Savior! He will delight over you with joy. He will quiet you with His love. He will dance for joy over you with singing.’
- Romans 3:24They are set right as a gift of His grace, through the redemption that is in Messiah Yeshua.
- Ephesians 1:6to the glorious praise of His grace, with which He favored us through the One He loves!
- Ephesians 2:4But God was rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us.
- 2 Timothy 1:9He has saved us and called us with a holy calling— not because of our deeds but because of His own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Messiah Yeshua 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
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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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