Hosea 14:4 Parallel Translations

The LORD says, "I will cure them of their unfaithfulness. I will love them freely. I will no longer be angry with them.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

I will put right their errors; freely will my love be given to them, for my wrath is turned away from him.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

"I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him.

YLT:

I heal their backsliding, I love them freely, For turned back hath Mine anger from him.

Hosea 14:4 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 12:1 Then you will say on that day, "I will give thanks to You, O LORD; For although You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, And You comfort me.

Isaiah 57:18 "I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and to his mourners,

Hosea 6:1 "Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.

Zephaniah 3:17 "The LORD your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

14:4 {e} I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
(e) He declares how ready God is to receive those that do repent.

MHC:

14:4-8 Israel seeks God's face, and they shall not seek it in vain. His anger is turned from them. Whom God loves, he loves freely; not because they deserve it, but of his own good pleasure. God will be to them all they need. The graces of the Spirit are the hidden manna, hidden in the dew; the grace thus freely bestowed on them shall not be in vain. They shall grow upward, and be more flourishing; shall grow as the lily. The lily, when come to its height, is a lovely flower, Mt 6:28,29. They shall grow downward, and be more firm. With the flower of the lily shall be the strong root of the cedar of Lebanon. Spiritual growth consists most in the growth of the root, which is out of sight. They shall also spread as the vine, whose branches extend very widely. When believers abound in good works, then their branches spread. They shall be acceptable both to God and man. Holiness is the beauty of a soul. The church is compared to the vine and the olive, which bring forth useful fruits. God's promises pertain to those only that attend on his ordinances; not such as flee to this shadow only for shelter in a hot gleam, but all who dwell under it. When a man is brought to God, all who dwell under his shadow fare the better. The sanctifying fruits shall appear in his life. Thus believers grow up into the experience and fruitfulness of the gospel. Ephraim shall say, God will put it into his heart to say it, What have I to do any more with idols! God's promises to us are more our security and our strength for mortifying sin, than our promises to God. See the power of Divine grace. God will work such a change in him, that he shall loathe the idols as much as ever he loved them. See the benefit of sanctified afflictions. Ephraim smarted for his idolatry, and this is the fruit, even the taking away his sin, Isa 27:9. See the nature of repentance; it is a firm and fixed resolution to have no more to do with sin. The Lord meets penitents with mercy, as the father of the prodigal met his returning son. God will be to all true converts both a delight and a defence; they shall sit under his shadow with delight. And as the root of a tree; From me is thy fruit found: from Him we receive grace and strength to enable us to do our duty.

CONC:

Anger Apostasy Backsliding Errors Faithlessness Freely Heal Love Waywardness Wrath

Anger Apostasy Backsliding Errors Faithlessness Freely Heal Love Right Turned Waywardness Wrath

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