Hosea 14:2

“Take 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.”

"Take 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." - Hosea 14:2
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What does Hosea 14:2 mean?

Hosea 14:2 (KJV) - "Take 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." The book of Hosea is one of the minor prophets in the Old Testament and is attributed to the prophet Hosea…

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Returning to the Lord with Words of Grace

In the book of Hosea 14:2, we find a profound invitation to return to God: "Take 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." This verse encapsulates the essence of repentance…

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A Prayer of Repentance and Restoration

Heavenly Father, I come before You with a heart that is humbled, knowing that You are the Creator of the universe, yet so intimately involved in the affairs of my life. Your Word reminds me that in my moments of weakness, in my times of wandering, and in my seasons of doubt, You…

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Hosea 14:2 - "Take 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."
Hosea 2:14 - "¶ Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her."
Hosea 2:14-15 – "Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her."
Hosea 2:14-15 – "Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her."
Hosea 1:2-11;2:14;3:5
Hosea 14:5-6 – "I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily."
"¶ Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her." - Hosea 2:14
Hosea 1:2 - "The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD."
Hosea 1:2
Hosea 1:2
Hosea 14:1 - "O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity."
Hosea 14:4 - "¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him."
Hosea 14:6 - "His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon."
Hosea 14:5 - "I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon."
Hosea 9:14 - "Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts."
Hosea 2:14-15 - "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. And there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt."
Hosea 7:14 - "And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me."
"I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon." - Hosea 14:5
"I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon." - Hosea 14:5
Hosea 14:7 - "They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon."
Hosea 2:4 - "And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms."
Hosea 2:1 - "Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah."
Hosea 2:22 - "And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel."
Hosea 5:2 - "And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all."
Hosea 4:2 - "By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood."
Hosea 9:2 - "The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her."
Hosea 8:2 - "Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee."
Hosea 5:14 - "For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him."
Hosea 2:17 - "For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name."