Hosea 5:15
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Hosea 5:15 in other translations
| BSB | Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.” |
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| WEB | I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.” |
| ASV | I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly. |
| YLT | I go--I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!' |
| DARBY | I will go away, I will return to my place, till they acknowledge their trespass, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. |
| BBE | I will go back to my place till they are made waste; in their trouble they will go after me early and will make search for me. |
| Webster | I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. |
What does Hosea 5:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 5:8-15
The destruction of impenitent sinners is not mere talk, to frighten them, it is a sentence which will not be recalled. And it is a mercy that we have timely warning given us, that we may flee from the wrath to come. Compliance with the commandments of men, who thwart the commandments of God, ripens a people for ruin. The judgments of God are sometimes to a sinful people as a moth, and as rottenness, or as a worm; as…
Hosea 5:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Hosea 5:15
- Isaiah 26:16
Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
- Jeremiah 29:12-14
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
- Deuteronomy 4:29-31
But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
- Psalms 78:34
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
- Psalms 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
- Leviticus 26:40-42
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
- Jeremiah 3:13
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord.
- Hosea 3:5
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
- Luke 13:25
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
- Ezekiel 36:31
Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
- Ezekiel 6:9
And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
- Isaiah 26:9
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6; Ex 25:21,22; 1Ki 8:10-13; Ps 132:14; Isa 26:21; Eze 8:6; 10:4
Eze 11:23; Mic 1:3
till.
14:1-3; Le 26:40-42; De 4:29-31; 30:1-3; 1Ki 8:47,48; 2Ch 6:36,37
2Ch 7:14; Ne 1:8,9; Job 33:27; Isa 64:5-9; Jer 3:13; 29:12-14
Jer 31:18-20; Eze 6:9; 20:43; 36:31; Da 9:4-12
acknowledge their offence. Heb. be guilty. in their.
Jud 4:3; 6:6,7; 10:10-16; 2Ch 33:12,13; Job 27:8-10; Ps 50:15; 78:34
Ps 83:16; Pr 1:27,28; 8:17; Isa 26:9,16; Jer 2:27; Zep 2:1-3
Lu 13:25
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- 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 5:15
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Hosea 5:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Andaré, y tornaré á mi lugar hasta que conozcan su pecado, y busquen mi rostro. En su angustia madrugarán á mí. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Je m’en irai, je retournerai en mon lieu, jusqu’à ce qu’ils se reconnaissent coupables et recherchent ma face. Dans leur détresse, ils me chercheront dès le matin. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ich werde davongehen, an meinen Ort zurückkehren, bis sie ihre Schuld büßen und mein Angesicht suchen. In ihrer Bedrängnis werden sie mich eifrig suchen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Vadens revertar ad locum meum, donec deficiatis, et quæratis faciem meam. |