2Take words with you and return to the Lord . Say to him: "Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips.


In Context

1 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God. Your sins have been your downfall!

2 Take words with you and return to the Lord . Say to him: "Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips.

3 Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount war-horses. We will never again say 'Our gods' to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion."

4 "I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them.

Hosea 14:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:2Take 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:2Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:2Take with you words, and return to the Lord, and say to him: Take away all iniquity, and receive the good: and we will render the calves of our lips.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:2Take 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:2Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah; say unto him, Forgive all iniquity, and receive us graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:2Take with you words, and return unto the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render as bullocks the offering of our lips.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:2Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:2Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, |Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good: so we offer our lips like bulls.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:2Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah, Say ye unto Him: 'Take away all iniquity, and give good, And we do render the fruit of our lips.