Hosea 14:3
Take vnto you words, and turne to the Lord, and say vnto him, Take away all iniquitie, and receiue vs graciously: so wil we render the calues of our lippes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2O Israel, returne vnto the Lord thy God: for thou hast fallen by thine iniquitie.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:16In any wise he shall not prepare him many horses, nor bring the people againe to Egypt, for to encrease the number of horses, seeing the Lord hath sayd vnto you, Ye shall henceforth goe no more againe that way.
Psalms 10:14Yet thou hast seene it: for thou beholdest mischiefe and wrong, that thou mayest take it into thine handes: the poore committeth himselfe vnto thee: for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse.
Psalms 33:17A horse is a vaine helpe, and shall not deliuer any by his great strength.
Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sonne of man, for there is none helpe in him.
Proverbs 23:10Remooue not the ancient boundes, and enter not into the fieldes of the fatherlesse.
Isaiah 2:20At that day shall man cast away his siluer idoles, and his golden idoles (which they had made themselues to worship them) to the mowles and to the backes,
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 →