Hosea 14:1
Return, Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled in your iniquity.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
In Context
Cross References
Hosea 6:1saying, “Come let us return to the Lord, for he has torn us but he will heal us, he has injured us but he will bandage our wounds,
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 →