Hosea 14:2
Take with you words and return to Yahweh. 1 Say to him, “Take away all our iniquity 1 and accept what is good, 1 so that we may offer to you the fruit of our lips. + 14:2 The phrase so that we may offer to you the fruit of our lips represents the interpretation of some ancient versions. The Hebrew text has so that we may offer bulls, our lips . Some modern versions interpret this to mean, so that we may offer to you bulls, which we have promised to do . 1
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1Israel, return to Yahweh your God, 1 for you have fallen because of your iniquity. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:13Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” Nathan replied to David, “Yahweh also has passed over your sin. You will not be killed.
Job 7:21Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? 1 For now will I lie down in the dust; 1 you will seek me carefully, but I will not exist.”
Psalms 51:2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity 1 and cleanse me from my sin. 1
Isaiah 6:7He touched my mouth with it and said, 1 “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt has been taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
Jeremiah 3:12Go and proclaim these words to the north. Say, 1 'Return, faithless Israel!—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will not always be angry with you. 1 Since I am faithful—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will not stay angry forever. 1
Hosea 5:5The pride of Israel testifies against him; 1 so Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their guilt; 1 and Judah also will stumble with them. 1
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 →