Hosea 14:1

Translations

Modern

Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.

Traditional

O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

Literal

So return, O Israel, to YHWH your God! For you have stumbled by your iniquity.

Latin

Convertere, Israël, ad Dominum Deum tuum, quoniam corruisti in iniquitate tua.

Original

Hebrew

English

Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.

Notes

Hosea 14:1–9

Destruction was not God's final message to his covenant people. Although judgment must happen, God's healing and restoring grace is stronger than human sin.

Theme notes and profiles

Pure Worship Retribution Returning to the Lord The Grace of God

Events

Prophecies of Hosea

Related verses

Hosea 6:1
Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
Joel 2:12–13
“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
Hosea 12:6
But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.
2 Chronicles 30:6–9
At the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.
Zechariah 1:3–4
So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’
Isaiah 55:6–7
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
Jeremiah 4:1
“If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,
Acts 26:18–20
…to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
Hosea 13:9
You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.
Jeremiah 3:12–14
Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.
Ezekiel 28:14–16
You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.
Lamentations 5:16
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

Parallels

Jeremiah 3:11–25 Zechariah 1:1–6

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Hosea, Book of

Topics

Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel National Sins: should be Turned From Repentance: Exhortation To Repentance: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

Hosea 14:1

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