Hosea 14:1
\13:16\Samaria will be made waste, for she has gone against her God: they will be cut down by the sword, their little children will be broken on the rocks, their women who are with child will be cut open.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
In Context
2\14:1\O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.
Cross References
2 Kings 8:12And Hazael said, Why is my lord weeping? Then he said in answer, Because I see the evil which you will do to the children of Israel: burning down their strong towns, putting their young men to death with the sword, smashing their little ones against the stones, and cutting open the women who are with child.
Isaiah 55:6Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:
Jeremiah 3:12Go, and give out these words to the north, and say, Come back, O Israel, though you have been turned away from me, says the Lord; my face will not be against you in wrath: for I am full of mercy, says the Lord, I will not be angry for ever.
Lamentations 5:16The crown has been taken from our head: sorrow is ours, for we are sinners.
Ezekiel 28:14I gave you your place with the winged one; I put you on the mountain of God; you went up and down among the stones of fire.
Hosea 6:1Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 14:1
The strain of this chapter differs from that of the foregoing chapters. Those were generally made up of reproofs for sin and threatenings of wrath; but this is made up of exhortations to repentance and promises of mercy, and with these the prophet closes; for all the foregoing convictions and terrors he had spoken were designed to prepare and make way for these. He wounds that he may heal. The Spirit convinces that he may comfort. This chapter is a lesson for penitents; and some such there were in Israel at this… Read the whole commentary →