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Hosea 14:4

Sickness and healingGod's loveForgivenessAnger

2 Take 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.

3 Asshur 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.

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

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

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

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BSB
I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
KJV
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
WEB
“I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.
ASV
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
DARBY
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
BLB
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them willingly; for My anger has turned back from him.
ÅB
Jeg vil lege deres frafall, jeg vil elske dem av hjertet; for min vrede har vendt seg fra dem.
OTB
Jeg vil gjenopprette deres trofasthet,
Jeg vil elske dem uten forbehold,
For Min vrede har vendt seg bort fra dem.
B1930
Jeg vil læge deres frafall, jeg vil elske dem av hjertet; for min vrede har vendt sig fra dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 57:18

    I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

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  • Jeremiah 3:22

    Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

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  • Isaiah 12:1

    And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

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  • Ephesians 2:4–9

    But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

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  • Zephaniah 3:17

    The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

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  • Hosea 6:1

    Come, 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.

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:19–21

    To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

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  • Jeremiah 5:6

    Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

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