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Hosea 14:4 — I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine…
“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.”
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The verses around Hosea 14:4.
2Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
3Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Verse explanation
A promise to heal the people's rebellion, a love given freely, asking nothing in return — God's anger finally turns away.
From the Hosea 14 study in Bible in Stories.
Hosea 14:4 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Eu sararei a sua perversão, eu voluntariamente os amarei; porque a minha ira se apartou d'elles.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Eu curarei sua rebelião, eu os amarei voluntariamente, porque minha ira terá se afastado deles.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Yo sanaré su falta de fe. Los amaré generosamente, porque ya no estoy enojado con ellos.
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