Hosea 14:1

Good News Translation

Return to the Lord your God, people of Israel. Your sin has made you stumble and fall.

Cross References

2 Kings 8:12

“Why are you crying, sir?” Hazael asked. “Because I know the horrible things you will do against the people of Israel,” Elisha answered. “You will set their fortresses on fire, slaughter their finest young men, batter their children to death, and rip open their pregnant women.”

Isaiah 19:22

The Lord will punish the Egyptians, but then he will heal them. They will turn to him, and he will hear their prayers and heal them.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own evil will punish you, and your turning from me will condemn you. You will learn how bitter and wrong it is to abandon me, the Lord your God, and no longer to remain faithful to me. I, the Sovereign Lord Almighty, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 4:1

The Lord says, “People of Israel, if you want to turn, then turn back to me. If you are faithful to me and remove the idols I hate,

Lamentations 5:16

Nothing is left of all we were proud of. We sinned, and now we are doomed.

Ezekiel 16:46

“Your older sister, with her villages, is Samaria, in the north. Your younger sister, with her villages, is Sodom, in the south.

Ezekiel 33:11

Tell them that as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord, am the living God, I do not enjoy seeing sinners die. I would rather see them stop sinning and live. Israel, stop the evil you are doing. Why do you want to die?

Ezekiel 33:14

I may warn someone evil that he is going to die, but if he stops sinning and does what is right and good—

Hosea 10:12

I said, ‘Plow new ground for yourselves, plant righteousness, and reap the blessings that your devotion to me will produce. It is time for you to turn to me, your Lord, and I will come and pour out blessings upon you.’

Hosea 12:6

So now, descendants of Jacob, trust in your God and return to him. Be loyal and just, and wait patiently for your God to act.

Hosea 12:8

‘We are rich,’ they say. ‘We've made a fortune. And no one can accuse us of getting rich dishonestly.’

Hosea 13:9

“I will destroy you, people of Israel! Then who can help you?

Hosea 4:8

You grow rich from the sins of my people, and so you want them to sin more and more.

Hosea 5:5

The arrogance of the people of Israel cries out against them. Their sins make them stumble and fall, and the people of Judah fall with them.

Hosea 6:1

The people say, “Let's return to the Lord! He has hurt us, but he will be sure to heal us; he has wounded us, but he will bandage our wounds, won't he?

Hosea 9:13

Lord, I can see their children being hunted down and killed.

Hosea 9:7

The time for punishment has come, the time when people will get what they deserve. When that happens, Israel will know it! “This prophet,” you say, “is a fool. This inspired man is insane.” You people hate me so much because your sin is so great.

Amos 1:13

The Lord says, “The people of Ammon have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. In their wars for more territory they even ripped open pregnant women in Gilead.