Hosea 14:4 KJV

Hosea · chapter 14 · verse 4

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.Hosea 14:4 · King James Version

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Hosea 14:4 in context

2Take 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.

3Asshur 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.

4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

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Commentary

We have here an answer of peace to the prayers of returning Israel. They seek God's face, and they shall not seek in vain. God will be sure to meet those in a way of mercy who return to him in a way of duty.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-7

Cross references

Key words (Strong's)

backslidingmᵉshûwbâhapostasyH4878 →
freelynᵉdâbâhproperly spontaneity, or spontaneousH5071 →
angerʼaphproperly, the nose or nostrilH639 →
healrâphâʼproperly, to mendH7495 →
loveʼâhabto have affection forH157 →

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Bible verses about Backsliding

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