Israel Unrepentant

“Come, let us return(A) to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces(B)
    but he will heal us;(C)
he has injured us
    but he will bind up our wounds.(D)

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Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

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39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

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18 For he wounds, but he also binds up;(A)
    he injures, but his hands also heal.(B)

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18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

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40 Let us examine our ways and test them,(A)
    and let us return to the Lord.(B)
41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
    to God in heaven,(C) and say:

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40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

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“The Lord brings death and makes alive;(A)
    he brings down to the grave and raises up.(B)

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The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

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“I will heal(A) their waywardness(B)
    and love them freely,(C)
    for my anger has turned away(D) from them.

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

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Let the wicked forsake(A) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.(B)
Let them turn(C) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(D) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(E)

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Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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17 But I will restore you to health
    and heal(A) your wounds,’
declares the Lord,
‘because you are called an outcast,(B)
    Zion for whom no one cares.’(C)

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17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

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Many peoples(A) will come and say,

“Come, let us go(B) up to the mountain(C) of the Lord,
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(D) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.(E)

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And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

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29 But if he remains silent,(A) who can condemn him?(B)
    If he hides his face,(C) who can see him?
Yet he is over individual and nation alike,(D)

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29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

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Repentance to Bring Blessing

14 [a]Return,(A) Israel, to the Lord your God.
    Your sins(B) have been your downfall!(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:1 In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10.

14 O israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

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So I will be like a lion(A) to them,
    like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
Like a bear robbed of her cubs,(B)
    I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion(C) I will devour them—
    a wild animal will tear them apart.(D)

“You are destroyed, Israel,
    because you are against me,(E) against your helper.(F)

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Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

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32 Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
    so great is his unfailing love.(A)
33 For he does not willingly bring affliction
    or grief to anyone.(B)

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32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

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