Hosea 14:2
Bring 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.
Note LXX and Syriac; Hebrew that we may present our lips as sacrificial bulls
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.
Note receive…: or, give good
Take words with you, and return to the Lord. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good; so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips.
Take with you words, and return unto Jehovah: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render as bullocks the offering of our lips.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- with
- Job 34:31, 32; Joel 2:17; Matthew 6:9–13; Luke 11:2–4; Luke 18:13
- away
- 2 Samuel 12:13; 2 Samuel 24:10; Job 7:21; Psalm 51:2–10; Isaiah 6:7; Ezekiel 36:25, 26; Micah 7:19; Zechariah 3:4; John 1:29; Romans 11:27; Titus 2:14; Hebrews 10:4; 1 John 1:7; 1 John 3:5
- receive, etc. or, give good
- Matthew 7:11; Luke 11:13; Luke 15:21–24; Ephesians 1:6, 7; Ephesians 2:7, 8; 2 Timothy 1:9
- the calves
- Psalm 69:30, 31; Hebrews 13:15; 1 Peter 2:5, 9