Hosea 5:15

I will depart, will return unto my place! till what time they acknowledge their guilt, and seek my face,—In their trouble, will they make for me diligent search.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

In Context

14For, I, will be as a lion unto Ephraim, and as a young lion to the house of Judah,—I, I, will tear in pieces, and depart, I will carry off, and none be able to rescue.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:21And thou shalt put the propitiatory upon the ark above,—and in the ark, shalt thou put the testimony, which I will give unto thee.

Deuteronomy 4:29If thou shalt seek from thence, Yahweh thy God, then shalt thou find him,—when thou shalt search after him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

Judges 4:3And the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh,—for he had, nine hundred chariots of iron, and, he, oppressed the sons of Israel heavily, twenty years.

Judges 10:10Then did the sons of Israel make outcry unto Yahweh, saying,—We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals.

1 Kings 8:47and they come back to their right mind, in the land whither they have been taken captive,—and so turn and make supplication unto thee, in the land of their captors, saying, We have sinned and done perversely, we have been lawless;

2 Chronicles 7:14if my people upon whom my Name is called shall humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will, I myself, hear out of the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 5:9-15

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 758.) 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin. 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. 10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. 12 Therefore will I be unto… Read the whole commentary →

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