A Promise of God’s Blessing
Hosea 14:4
In 11 translations
- BSB
- I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
- KJV
- ¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
- WEB
- “I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.
- ASV
- I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
- LSV
- I heal their backsliding, I love them freely, || For My anger has turned back from him.
- YLT
- I heal their backsliding, I love them freely, For turned back hath Mine anger from him.
- DBY
- I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
- DRC14:5
- I will heal their breaches, I will love them freely: for my wrath is turned away from them.
- GNV14:5
- I wil heale their rebellion: I wil loue them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
- JPS14:5
- I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for Mine anger is turned away from him.
- LXXE14:5
- I will restore their dwellings, I will love them truly: for he has turned away my wrath from him.
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Original-language editions
- WLC14:5
- אֶרְפָּא֙ מְשׁ֣וּבָתָ֔ם אֹהֲבֵ֖ם נְדָבָ֑ה כִּ֛י שָׁ֥ב אַפִּ֖י מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃KJV:Hos.14.4
- LXX-Br14:5
- Ἰάσομαι τὰς κατοικίας αὐτῶν, ἀγαπήσω αὐτοὺς ὁμολόγως, ὅτι ἀπέστρεψε τὴν ὀργήν μου ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ.
Who and where
◆ Prophecies of Hosea
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
BackslideFreelyBackslidingUnchangeable; UnchangeablenessMercy of God, TheRegenerationAngerBackslidersGod
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 57:18I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
- Jeremiah 3:22“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.
- Isaiah 12:1In 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.
- Ephesians 2:4–9But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved! And God raised us up with Christ and seated us…
- Zephaniah 3:17The 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.”
- Hosea 6:1Come, 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.
- Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
- Exodus 15:26saying, “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…
- Jeremiah 5:6Therefore 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…
- 2 Corinthians 5:19–21that 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. Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were…
- Jeremiah 17:14Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
- Titus 3:4But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
- Psalms 78:38And 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.
- Jeremiah 33:6Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
- Jeremiah 14:7Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
- Ephesians 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 14:5 in some Bibles
- 14:4 in most Bibles