Hosea 14:1

New English Translation

Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sin has been your downfall!

Cross References

2 Kings 8:12

Hazael asked, “Why are you crying, my master?” He replied, “Because I know the trouble you will cause the Israelites. You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, smash their children to bits, and rip open their pregnant women.”

Isaiah 19:22

The Lord will strike Egypt, striking and then healing them. They will turn to the Lord and he will listen to their prayers and heal them.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the Lord your God, to show no respect for me,” says the Lord God who rules over all.

Jeremiah 4:1

“If you, Israel, want to come back,” says the Lord, “if you want to come back to me you must get those disgusting idols out of my sight and must no longer go astray.

Lamentations 5:16

The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!

Ezekiel 16:46

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

Ezekiel 33:11

Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! Why should you die, O house of Israel?’

Ezekiel 33:14

Suppose I say to the wicked, ‘You must certainly die,’ but he turns from his sin and does what is just and right.

Hosea 10:12

Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.

Hosea 12:6

But you must return to your God, by maintaining love and justice, and by waiting for your God to return to you.

Hosea 12:8

Ephraim boasts, “I am very rich! I have become wealthy! In all that I have done to gain my wealth, no one can accuse me of any offense that is actually sinful.”

Hosea 13:9

I will destroy you, O Israel! Who is there to help you?

Hosea 4:8

They feed on the sin offerings of my people; their appetites long for their iniquity!

Hosea 5:5

The arrogance of Israel testifies against it; Israel and Ephraim will be overthrown because of their iniquity. Even Judah will be brought down with them.

Hosea 6:1

“Come on! Let’s return to the Lord! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!

Hosea 9:13

Just as lion cubs are born predators, so Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.

Hosea 9:7

The time of judgment is about to arrive! The time of retribution is imminent! Let Israel know! The prophet is considered a fool – the inspired man is viewed as a madman – because of the multitude of your sins and your intense animosity.

Amos 1:13

This is what the Lord says: “Because the Ammonites have committed three crimes – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They ripped open Gilead’s pregnant women so they could expand their territory.