Hosea 5:15

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 his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent envoys to a warring king. But he cannot heal you nor will he cure your wound. 14For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away. I will carry off, and nobody will rescue. I will go and return to My place until they admit their guilt. Then they will seek My face. In their distress they will seek Me earnestly:

Hosea 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• Hosea 5:6With their flocks and with their herds they will go to seek Adonai, but they will not find Him— He has withdrawn from them.
• Exodus 25:21You are to put the atonement cover on top of the Ark, and inside the Ark you will put the Testimony that I will give you.
• 1 Kings 8:10Now when the kohanim came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the House of Adonai,
• Psalms 132:14“This is My resting place forever. Here I dwell, for I have desired it.
• Isaiah 26:21For behold, Adonai is coming out from His place to punish inhabitants of the earth for iniquity. The earth will disclose her bloodshed, no longer covering up her slain.
• Ezekiel 8:6He said to me: “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing here, that drives me far off from My own Sanctuary? But you will see even greater abominations.”
• Ezekiel 10:4Then the glory of Adonai rose up from above the cheruv to the threshold of the House. The House was filled with the cloud and the court was full of the brilliance of Adonai’s glory.
• Ezekiel 11:23The glory of Adonai went up from within the city and then stood still on the mountain that is to the east of the city.
• Micah 1:3For behold, Adonai is coming forth out of His place. He will come down and trample on the high places of the land.
• Hosea 14:1Samaria will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their infants dashed to pieces, their pregnant women ripped open.
• Leviticus 26:40“But if they confess their iniquity and that of their fathers, in the treachery they committed against Me, and how they walked contrary to Me
• Deuteronomy 4:29But from there you will seek Adonai your God and you will find Him, when you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
• Deuteronomy 30:1“Now when all these things come upon you—the blessing and the curse that I have set before you—and you take them to heart in all the nations where Adonai your God has banished you,
• 1 Kings 8:47yet if they take it to the heart in the land which they have been carried captive, and they repent and make supplication to You in the land of their captors, saying: ‘We have sinned, we have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly,’
• 2 Chronicles 6:36When they sin against You—for there is no man that does not sin —and You become angry with them and hand them over to the enemy who takes them captive to a land far off or near,
• 2 Chronicles 7:14when My people, 0ver whom My Name is called, humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will 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

Topics related to Hosea 5:15

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Backsliders
• Repentance
• Seekers

In the dictionaries

• Profound
• Rebuke
• Face
• Guilt
• Hosea
• Tribulation
• Zechariah, Book of

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