Hosea 14:4

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

"I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him." - Hosea 14:4
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What does Hosea 14:4 mean?

Hosea 14:4 (KJV) says, "I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him." This verse is the conclusion of the book of Hosea, which is a prophetic book in the Old Testament. Hosea was a prophet who lived in the northern kingdom of…

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The Boundless Love of God: Healing for the Backsliders

The book of Hosea is a profound narrative of God’s unconditional love and judgment towards His people, Israel. Within this sacred text, Hosea 14:4 stands out as a beacon of hope and restoration. The verse reads: "I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine…

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A Prayer for Healing and Renewal

Heavenly Father, We come before You with hearts that yearn for Your healing touch, as we reflect on the precious promise found in Hosea 14:4: "I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him." Lord, we acknowledge that we are prone…

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Hosea 14:4 - "¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him."
Hosea 4:14 - "I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall."
Hosea 14:5-6 – "I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily."
Hosea 4:4 - "Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest."
Hosea 4:17 - "Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone."
Hosea 2:4 - "And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms."
Hosea 14:1 - "O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity."
Hosea 2:14 - "¶ Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her."
Hosea 4:8 - "They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity."
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 4:19 - "The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices."
Hosea 4:2 - "By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood."
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 9:14 - "Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts."
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 4:7 - "As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame."
Hosea 4:16 - "For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place."
Hosea 4:9 - "And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings."
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."
"Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone." - Hosea 4:17
Hosea 10:4 - "They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field."
Hosea 4:5 - "Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother."
Hosea 7:4 - "They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened."
"Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest." - Hosea 4:4
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."