Hosea 14:4
“I will heal their rebellion; I will love them freely; For my anger is turned away from them.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
In Context
5I will be as the dew to Israel; He shall blossom as the lily, And strike his roots like Lebanon.
Cross References
Psalms 10:14Thou dost see it; yea, thou beholdest malice and oppression, And markest it upon thy hand! The poor committeth himself to thee; Thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 78:38Yet, being full of compassion, he forgave their iniquity, And would not utterly destroy them; Often he restrained his indignation, And stirred not up all his anger.
Isaiah 57:18I have seen his ways, yet will I heal him; I will guide him, and I will restore comfort To him and to his mourners;
Jeremiah 5:6Therefore the lion out of the forest shall slay them, And the evening wolf shall destroy them. The leopard shall keep watch upon their cities; Every one that goeth out from them shall be torn in pieces; Because their transgressions are multiplied, Their rebellions are increased.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 14:2-4
Penitents Encouraged. ( b. c. 720.) 1 O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 2 Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. 3 Asshur 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. Here we have, I. A kind invitation given to sinners to repent, v. 1 . It is… Read the whole commentary →