Hosea 14:1
Turn back, O Israel, unto Jehovah thy God, For thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity.
Young's Literal Translation
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 saith, 'Wherefore is my lord weeping?' and he saith, 'Because I have known the evil that thou dost to the sons of Israel — their fenced places thou dost send into fire, and their young men with sword thou dost slay, and their sucklings thou dost dash to pieces, and their pregnant women thou dost rip up.'
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,
Jeremiah 3:12Go, and thou hast proclaimed these words toward the north, and hast said, Turn back, O backsliding Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah! I cause not Mine anger to fall upon you, For I [am] kind, an affirmation of Jehovah, I watch not to the age.
Lamentations 5:16Fallen hath the crown [from] our head, Woe [is] now to us, for we have sinned.
Ezekiel 28:14Thou [art] an anointed cherub who is covering, And I have set thee in the holy mount, God thou hast been, In the midst of stones of fire thou hast walked up and down.
Hosea 6:1'Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth 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 →