Hosea 14:1
Samaria shalbe desolate: for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sworde: their infants shalbe dashed in pieces, and their women with childe shalbe ript.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
In Context
2O Israel, returne vnto the Lord thy God: for thou hast fallen by thine iniquitie.
Cross References
2 Kings 8:12And Hazael sayde, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I knowe the euill that thou shalt do vnto the children of Israel: for their strong cities shalt thou set on fire, and their yong men shalt thou slay with the sworde, and shalt dash their infantes against the stones, and rent in pieces their women with child.
Isaiah 55:6Seeke ye the Lord while he may be found: call ye vpon him while he is neere.
Jeremiah 3:12Goe and crie these woordes towarde the North and say, Thou disobedient Israel, returne, sayeth the Lord, and I will not let my wrath fall vpon you: for I am mercifull, sayeth the Lord, and I will not alway keepe mine anger.
Lamentations 5:16The crowne of our head is fallen: wo nowe vnto vs, that we haue sinned.
Ezekiel 28:14Thou art the anointed Cherub, that couereth, and I haue set thee in honour: thou wast vpon the holy mountaine of God: thou hast walked in the middes of the stones of fire.
Hosea 6:1Come, and let vs returne to the Lord: for he hath spoyled, and he will heale vs: he hath wounded vs, and he will binde vs vp.
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 →