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Hosea 14:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Israel, return to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled in your iniquity.

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Come, let’s return to the  Lord. For he has torn us, and he will heal us; he has wounded us, and he will bind up our wounds.


But you must return to your God. Maintain love and justice, and always put your hope in God.


If you return,  Israel – this is the  Lord’s declaration – you will return to me, if you remove your abhorrent idols from my presence and do not waver,


I will destroy you, Israel; you have no help but me.  ,


The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned.


Israel’s arrogance testifies against them.  , Both Israel and Ephraim stumble because of their iniquity; even Judah will stumble with them.


Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Recognise  how evil and bitter  it is for you to abandon the  Lord your God and to have no fear of me. This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies.


The Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing. Then they will turn to the Lord, and he will be receptive to their prayers and heal them.


Tell them, “As I live #– #this is the declaration of the Lord God  #– #I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked person should turn from his way and live.  Repent, repent of your evil ways! Why will you die, house of Israel? ”


‘ “So when I tell the wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but he repents of his sin and does what is just and right #– #


They feed on the sin  of my people; they have an appetite for their iniquity.


The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have come. Let Israel recognise it! The prophet is a fool, and the inspired man is insane, because of the magnitude of your iniquity and hostility.


Sow righteousness for yourselves and reap faithful love; break up your unploughed ground. It is time to seek the  Lord until he comes  and sends righteousness on you like the rain.


But Ephraim thinks, ‘How rich I have become; I made it all myself. In all my earnings, no one can find any iniquity in me that I can be punished for! ’


and Hazael asked, ‘Why is my lord weeping? ’ He replied, ‘Because I know the evil you will do to the people of Israel. You will set their fortresses on fire. You will kill their young men with the sword. You will dash their children to pieces. You will rip open their pregnant women.’


Your elder sister was Samaria,  who lived with her daughters to the north of you, and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to the south of you.


I have seen Ephraim like Tyre, planted in a meadow, so Ephraim will bring out his children to the executioner.


The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing the Ammonites for three crimes, even four, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.





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