What the Bible Says About Backsliding (Hosea 14:1-4)
Hosea 14:1-4 · Berean Standard Bible
Hosea 14:1-4 pleads, 'Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.' God promises, 'I will heal their backsliding; I will love them freely,' welcoming those who have fallen away back into his love. It is a direct word of hope for the backslider: the road home is open, and God's response is healing, not rejection.
1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
2Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
3Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
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