Hosea 14:4 “I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has…”

Hosea 14:4

I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Asshur shall not saue vs, neither wil we ride vpon horses, neither will we say any more to the worke of our handes, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherlesse findeth mercie.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“heal”

Isaiah 57:18 Jeremiah 3:22 Exodus 15:26 Jeremiah 5:6 Jeremiah 8:22 Jeremiah 14:7

Isaiah 57:18 · BSB

I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,

Jeremiah 3:22 · BSB

“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.

Exodus 15:26 · BSB

saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I…

Jeremiah 5:6 · BSB

Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious ac…

Jeremiah 8:22 · BSB

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?

Jeremiah 14:7 · BSB

Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.

“I will love”

Ephesians 2:4–9 Zephaniah 3:17 Titus 3:4 Romans 3:24 Ephesians 1:6 2 Timothy 1:9

Ephesians 2:4–9 · BSB

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

Zephaniah 3:17 · BSB

The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”

Titus 3:4 · BSB

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,

Romans 3:24 · BSB

and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 1:6 · BSB

to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

2 Timothy 1:9 · BSB

He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

“for”

Isaiah 12:1 Psalm 78:38 2 Corinthians 5:19–21 Numbers 25:4 Numbers 25:11

Isaiah 12:1 · BSB

In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

Psalm 78:38 · BSB

And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

2 Corinthians 5:19–21 · BSB

that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

Numbers 25:4 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”

Numbers 25:11 · BSB

“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.

Also

Hosea 6:1

Hosea 6:1 · BSB

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”

5I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

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