Hosea 14:4

“I will heal their apostasy, I will love them freely, now that my anger is turned away from them,

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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

3Assyria will not save us, nor Egyptian warhorses, and we will no more call the work of our hands our gods. For in you orphan Israel finds mercy.

5I will be as dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, he will plant his roots like the cedars of Lebanon,

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Cross References

Psalms 10:14You have seen the trouble and sorrow; you mark it all, and will take it in hand. The hapless can count on you, helper of orphans.

Psalms 78:38But he is full of pity: he pardons sin and destroys not. Often he turns his anger away, without stirring his wrath at all.

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 →

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