Hosea 5:15 “Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek M…”

Hosea 5:15

Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

World English Bible

I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.”

American Standard Version

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.

Geneva Bible 1599

I will go, and returne to my place, til they acknowledge their fault, and seeke me: in their affliction they will seeke me diligently.

Darby Translation

I will go away, I will return to my place, till they acknowledge their trespass, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

Young's Literal Translation

I go — I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'

Bible in Basic English

I will go back to my place till they are made waste; in their trouble they will go after me early and will make search for me.

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Cross references

“return”

Hosea 5:6 1 Kings 8:10–13 Psalm 132:14 Isaiah 26:21 Ezekiel 8:6 Ezekiel 10:4

Hosea 5:6 · BSB

They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

1 Kings 8:10–13 · BSB

And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD

Psalm 132:14 · BSB

“This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.

Isaiah 26:21 · BSB

For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.

Ezekiel 8:6 · BSB

“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”

Ezekiel 10:4 · BSB

Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim and stood over the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.

“till”

Jeremiah 29:12–14 Deuteronomy 4:29–31 Leviticus 26:40–42 Jeremiah 3:13 Ezekiel 6:9 Ezekiel 36:31

Jeremiah 29:12–14 · BSB

Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Deuteronomy 4:29–31 · BSB

But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Leviticus 26:40–42 · BSB

But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—

Jeremiah 3:13 · BSB

Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 6:9 · BSB

Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they…

Ezekiel 36:31 · BSB

Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.

“in their”

Isaiah 26:16 Psalm 78:34 Psalm 50:15 Job 27:8–10 Isaiah 26:9 Jeremiah 2:27

Isaiah 26:16 · BSB

O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.

Psalm 78:34 · BSB

When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.

Psalm 50:15 · BSB

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

Job 27:8–10 · BSB

For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Isaiah 26:9 · BSB

My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

Jeremiah 2:27 · BSB

say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’

Also

Hosea 3:5

Hosea 3:5 · BSB

Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

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

In context

14For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.

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