Hosea 14:1
O ISRAEL, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
In Context
Cross References
2 Kings 8:12And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Jeremiah 3:12Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; I will not look in anger upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, I will not keep anger for ever.
Lamentations 5:16The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us! for we have sinned.
Ezekiel 28:14Thou wast the anointed cherub that covereth: and I set thee, so that thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
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 →