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Say to him: &#8220Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips. <a href="/nlt/hosea/14.htm">New Living Translation</a> Bring your confessions, and return to the LORD. Say to him, “Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us, so that we may offer you our praises. <a href="/esv/hosea/14.htm">English Standard Version</a> Take with you words and return to the LORD; say to him, “Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips. <a href="/bsb/hosea/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/hosea/14.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/hosea/14.htm">New King James Version</a> Take words with you, And return to the LORD. Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity; Receive us graciously, For we will offer the sacrifices of our lips. <a href="/nasb_/hosea/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to Him, “Take away all guilt And receive us graciously, So that we may present the fruit of our lips. <a href="/nasb/hosea/14.htm">NASB 1995</a> Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to Him, &#8220Take away all iniquity And receive us graciously, That we may present the fruit of our lips. <a href="/nasb77/hosea/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity, And receive us graciously, That we may present the fruit of our lips. <a href="/lsb/hosea/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Take words with you and return to Yahweh. Say to Him, “Forgive all iniquity And take what is good, That we may pay in full the fruit of our lips. <a href="/amp/hosea/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Take the words [confessing your guilt] with you and return to the LORD. Say to Him, “Take away all our wickedness; Accept what is good and receive us graciously, So that we may present the fruit of our lips (gratitude). <a href="/csb/hosea/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Take words of repentance with you and return to the LORD. Say to him, “Forgive all our iniquity and accept what is good, so that we may repay you with praise from our lips. <a href="/hcsb/hosea/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Take words of repentance with you and return to the LORD. Say to Him: &#8220Forgive all our sin and accept what is good, so that we may repay You with praise from our lips. <a href="/asv/hosea/14.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/hosea/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Return to the LORD and say, "Please forgive our sins. Accept our good sacrifices of praise instead of bulls. <a href="/erv/hosea/14.htm">English Revised Version</a> Take 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. <a href="/gwt/hosea/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Return to the LORD, and say these things to him: "Forgive all our sins, and kindly receive us. Then we'll praise you with our lips. <a href="/gnt/hosea/14.htm">Good News Translation</a> Return to the LORD, and let this prayer be your offering to him: "Forgive all our sins and accept our prayer, and we will praise you as we have promised. <a href="/isv/hosea/14.htm">International Standard Version</a> Bring a prepared speech with you as you return to the LORD. Say to him: 'Take away all our iniquity, and accept what is good. Then we will present the fruit of our lips. <a href="/msb/hosea/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/hosea/14.htm">NET Bible</a> Return to the LORD and repent! Say to him: "Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls. <a href="/nheb/hosea/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Take words with you, and return to the LORD. Tell him, "Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good, and we will offer the fruit of our lips. <a href="/wbt/hosea/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Take 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. <a href="/web/hosea/14.htm">World English Bible</a> Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good; so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hosea/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Take words with you, and turn to YHWH, "" Say to Him, Take away all iniquity, and give good, "" And we render the fruit of our lips. <a href="/ylt/hosea/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Take 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. <a href="/slt/hosea/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Take with you words and turn back to Jehovah: say to him, Thou wilt take away all iniquity, and take good: and we will requite the fruits of our lips.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hosea/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Take 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. <a href="/cpdv/hosea/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> <V 14:3>Take these words with you and return to the Lord. And say to him, “Remove all iniquity and accept the good. And we will repay the calves of our lips. <a href="/nabre/hosea/14.htm">New American Bible</a> Take with you words, and return to the LORD; Say to him, “Forgive all iniquity, and take what is good. Let us offer the fruit of our lips. <a href="/nrsvce/hosea/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Take words with you and return to the LORD; say to him, “Take away all guilt; accept that which is good, and we will offer the fruit of our lips.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hosea/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Pledge loyalty, and turn to the LORD your God; and pray to him, that he may forgive your iniquity and receive blessings; then he will recompense you for the prayer of your lips. <a href="/hpbt/hosea/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Take for yourselves words and be converted to LORD JEHOVAH your God and speak to him that he may forgive you your evil, and receive good, and he shall reward you the fruit of your lips<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/hosea/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Take with you words, And return unto the LORD; Say unto Him: 'Forgive all iniquity, And accept that which is good; So will we render for bullocks the offering of our lips. <a href="/sep/hosea/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Take with you words, and turn to the Lord your God: speak to him, that ye may not receive the reward of unrighteousness, but that ye may receive good things: and we will render in return the fruit of our lips. <a href="/parallel/hosea/14-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=2126" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hosea/14.htm">An Exhortation to Repentance</a> 1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. 2<a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: qə·ḥū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">Bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">your</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: də·ḇā·rîm (N-mp) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">confessions</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: wə·šū·ḇū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">and return</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’im·rū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">Say</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- To, into, towards. ">to Him:</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: tiś·śā (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">“Take away</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ā·wōn (N-cs) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">our iniquity</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: wə·qaḥ- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">and receive</a> <a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896: ṭō·wḇ (N-ms) -- Pleasant, agreeable, good.">us graciously,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7999.htm" title="7999: ū·nə·šal·lə·māh (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cp) -- A primitive root; to be safe; figuratively, to be completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate.">that we may present</a> <a href="/hebrew/6499.htm" title="6499: p̄ā·rîm (N-mp) -- Young bull, steer. Or par; from parar; a bullock.">the fruit</a> <a href="/hebrew/8193.htm" title="8193: śə·p̄ā·ṯê·nū (N-fdc:: 1cp) -- Or sepheth; probably from caphah or shaphah through the idea of termination; the lip; by implication, language; by analogy, a margin.">of our lips.</a> 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.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Isaiah 55:7</a> Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. <a href="/joel/2-13.htm">Joel 2:13</a> So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. <a href="/jeremiah/31-18.htm">Jeremiah 31:18-19</a> I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God. / After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’ <a href="/psalms/51-16.htm">Psalm 51:16-17</a> For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. / The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. <a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18-19</a> Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea. <a href="/zechariah/1-3.htm">Zechariah 1:3</a> So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’ <a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a> and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. <a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a> “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool. <a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30-32</a> Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live! <a href="/psalms/32-5.htm">Psalm 32:5</a> Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah <a href="/matthew/3-2.htm">Matthew 3:2</a> and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” <a href="/luke/15-18.htm">Luke 15:18-19</a> I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. / I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’ <a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a> Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, <a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a> If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. <a href="/romans/10-9.htm">Romans 10:9-10</a> that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. / For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Take 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.with.<a href="/job/34-31.htm">Job 34:31,32</a> Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: … <a href="/joel/2-17.htm">Joel 2:17</a> Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?<a href="/matthew/6-9.htm">Matthew 6:9-13</a> After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name… away.<a href="/2_samuel/12-13.htm">2 Samuel 12:13</a> And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.<a href="/2_samuel/24-10.htm">2 Samuel 24:10</a> And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.<a href="/job/7-21.htm">Job 7:21</a> And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.receive, etc.<a href="/matthew/7-11.htm">Matthew 7:11</a> If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?<a href="/luke/11-13.htm">Luke 11:13</a> If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?<a href="/luke/15-21.htm">Luke 15:21-24</a> And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son… the calves.<a href="/psalms/69-30.htm">Psalm 69:30,31</a> I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving… <a href="/hebrews/13-15.htm">Hebrews 13:15</a> By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.<a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm">1 Peter 2:5,9</a> Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/8-13.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/hosea/12-11.htm">Bullocks</a> <a href="/hosea/12-11.htm">Bulls</a> <a href="/hosea/13-2.htm">Calves</a> <a href="/daniel/9-24.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/hosea/1-6.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/hosea/8-3.htm">Good</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-25.htm">Graciously</a> <a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Lips</a> <a href="/hosea/13-2.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/daniel/12-11.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/hosea/13-13.htm">Present</a> <a href="/hosea/10-6.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-2.htm">Render</a> <a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/hosea/13-1.htm">Words</a> <a href="/hosea/13-12.htm">Wrongdoing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/5-12.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/matthew/22-4.htm">Bullocks</a> <a href="/acts/14-13.htm">Bulls</a> <a href="/amos/6-4.htm">Calves</a> <a href="/amos/7-2.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/hosea/14-9.htm">Good</a> <a href="/luke/1-25.htm">Graciously</a> <a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/joel/1-5.htm">Lips</a> <a href="/amos/4-5.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Present</a> <a href="/micah/1-11.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/joel/3-4.htm">Render</a> <a href="/amos/1-3.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/joel/2-6.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/amos/1-1.htm">Words</a> <a href="/micah/1-5.htm">Wrongdoing</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 14</div>1. <a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">An exhortation to repentance.</a> 4. <a href="/hosea/14-4.htm">A promise of God's blessing.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hosea/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. This phrase emphasizes the importance of repentance and returning to God. In the context of Hosea, Israel is called to acknowledge their sins and turn back to the LORD, who is their covenant God. The act of bringing confessions signifies a sincere acknowledgment of wrongdoing and a desire to restore the broken relationship with God. This is consistent with the broader biblical theme of repentance found in passages like <a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a> and <a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a>, where turning back to God is met with His mercy and forgiveness. The Hebrew concept of "return" (shuv) is not just physical but involves a complete change of heart and direction.Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity This plea for the removal of iniquity highlights the need for divine forgiveness. Iniquity refers to the moral corruption and guilt that separates humanity from God. The request for God to take away iniquity is a recognition that only He can cleanse and forgive sins, as seen in <a href="/psalms/51-2.htm">Psalm 51:2</a> and <a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a>. This reflects the sacrificial system of the Old Testament, where atonement was made through sacrifices, pointing forward to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who takes away the sin of the world (<a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>).and receive us graciously, The appeal for gracious reception underscores God's character as merciful and loving. Grace is unmerited favor, and the Israelites are asking God to accept them not based on their merit but on His grace. This is a recurring theme throughout Scripture, where God's grace is extended to the repentant, as seen in <a href="/ephesians/2-8.htm">Ephesians 2:8-9</a>. The cultural context of the ancient Near East often involved appeasing deities through rituals, but here, the focus is on God's grace rather than human effort.that we may present the fruit of our lips. This phrase indicates a response of worship and praise following forgiveness. The "fruit of our lips" refers to verbal expressions of gratitude and commitment to God, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/13-15.htm">Hebrews 13:15</a>. In the historical context, this would contrast with the insincere worship practices that Hosea often condemned. True repentance leads to genuine worship, reflecting a transformed heart. This aligns with the prophetic call for Israel to worship God in spirit and truth, as Jesus later emphasizes in <a href="/john/4-23.htm">John 4:23-24</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a> A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, whose ministry focused on calling Israel to repentance and illustrating God's steadfast love despite Israel's unfaithfulness. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The Northern Kingdom, often depicted as unfaithful to God, engaging in idolatry and breaking the covenant with Yahweh. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who calls His people to repentance and offers forgiveness and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> <a href="/hosea/14-2.htm">Hosea 14:2</a> emphasizes the importance of returning to God with sincere confession. True repentance involves acknowledging our sins and seeking God's forgiveness. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_confession.htm">The Power of Confession</a> The Hebrew word for "confessions" (devarim) implies speaking words that reflect a genuine heart change. Confession is not just about words but about a transformation of the heart. <a href="/topical/g/god's_readiness_to_forgive.htm">God's Readiness to Forgive</a> The verse assures us of God's willingness to forgive our iniquities. This reflects His character as merciful and gracious, always ready to restore those who return to Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_fruit_of_our_lips.htm">The Fruit of Our Lips</a> The phrase "fruit of our lips" suggests that our words of praise and thanksgiving are offerings to God. Our verbal expressions should reflect our inner transformation and gratitude for His grace. <a href="/topical/l/living_out_repentance.htm">Living Out Repentance</a> Repentance should lead to a change in behavior. As we confess and receive forgiveness, we are called to live in a way that honors God, producing good fruit in our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 14</a> <a href="/q/how_does_hosea_14_1-2_align_with_sacrifices.htm">How can Hosea 14:1–2’s call to repentance through spoken words alone reconcile with the Old Testament’s emphasis on blood sacrifices? </a> <a href="/q/why_does_ephraim_renounce_idols_in_hosea.htm">Why does Hosea 14:8 speak of Ephraim renouncing idols, yet later passages suggest the Northern Kingdom never fully returned from exile?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_ignore_pleas_in_jer_14_7-9.htm">Jeremiah 14:7-9: How can a merciful God seemingly ignore the desperate pleas of His people in these verses?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_debauchery.htm">What does the Bible say about debauchery?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) Say unto him.--This putting of words into the lips of penitents and others is found in <a href="/psalms/66-3.htm" title="Say to God, How terrible are you in your works! through the greatness of your power shall your enemies submit themselves to you.">Psalm 66:3</a>; <a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm" title="Go you forth of Babylon, flee you from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare you, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say you, The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob.">Isaiah 48:20</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/31-7.htm" title="For thus said the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish you, praise you, and say, O LORD, save your people, the remnant of Israel.">Jeremiah 31:7</a>. In the latter part of the verse render, Accept of good, and we will render as calves (or sacrificial offering) our lips--i.e., the words of true repentance which we take with us shall be our offerings in place of calves. (Comp. <a href="/psalms/51-17.htm" title="The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.">Psalm 51:17</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 2. - Take with you words, and turn to the Lord. (1) Some render this clause. "Take with you [i.e. forget not, neglect not, but receive with obedient spirit] my words." This rendering is obviously erroneous. (2) The correct translation is that of the Authorized Version, and the words referred to are such as express prayer for pardon and confession of sin - the audible sound of the heart's desires. There is an allusion, perhaps, to the requirement of the Law: "None shall appear before me empty." Not outward sacrifices, but words of confession, were the offering to be presented. Thus Cyril eloquently explains it: "Ye shall propitiate the Deity, not by making offerings of riches, not by dedicating gold, not by honoring him with silver vessels, not gladdening him by sacrifices of oxen, not by slaughtering of birds; but ye shall give him discourses and wish to praise the Lord of the universe, appeasing him." To the same purport is the exposition of Aben Ezra: "He desires not from you, when ye go to seek his favor, treasures or burnt offerings, only words with which ye are to confess;" so also Kimchi: "He does not require of you on your return to him silver or gold or offering, which the Israelites lavished at great expense on their idols, but good works with which ye are to confess your iniquities." Say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously. On turning to the Lord with their whole heart, not with their lips only, they are furnished with a form of sound words which God by his prophet puts into their mouth. Elsewhere a formula is prescribed, thus: "Publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord, save thy people, the remnant of Israel" (<a href="/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Jeremiah 31:7</a>); compare also <a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm">Isaiah 48:20</a>; <a href="/psalms/16-3.htm">Psalm 16:3</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/16-35.htm">1 Chronicles 16:35</a>. The position of כָל before the verb creates a difficulty and causes diversity of rendering; for example, (1) besides the ordinary rendering, which takes kol as holding its peculiar position by an hypallage, there is a modification of it: "All take away of iniquity." . . . <a href="/commentaries/hosea/14-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Bring קְח֤וּ (qə·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take your עִמָּכֶם֙ (‘im·mā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> With, equally with confessions דְּבָרִ֔ים (də·ḇā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause and return וְשׁ֖וּבוּ (wə·šū·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the LORD. יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Say אִמְר֣וּ (’im·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to Him: אֵלָ֗יו (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to “Take away תִּשָּׂ֤א (tiś·śā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> To lift, carry, take all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every our iniquity עָוֺן֙ (‘ā·wōn) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity and receive וְקַח־ (wə·qaḥ-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take [us] graciously, ט֔וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2896.htm">Strong's 2896: </a> Pleasant, agreeable, good that we may present וּֽנְשַׁלְּמָ֥ה (ū·nə·šal·lə·māh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7999.htm">Strong's 7999: </a> To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate the fruit פָרִ֖ים (p̄ā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6499.htm">Strong's 6499: </a> Young bull, steer of our lips. שְׂפָתֵֽינוּ׃ (śə·p̄ā·ṯê·nū) Noun - fdc | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8193.htm">Strong's 8193: </a> The lip, language, a margin <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/14-2.htm">Hosea 14:2 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hosea/14-2.htm">Hosea 14:2 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hosea/14-2.htm">Hosea 14:2 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hosea/14-2.htm">Hosea 14:2 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hosea/14-2.htm">Hosea 14:2 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/14-2.htm">Hosea 14:2 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/14-2.htm">Hosea 14:2 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/14-2.htm">Hosea 14:2 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/14-2.htm">Hosea 14:2 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hosea/14-2.htm">Hosea 14:2 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hosea/14-2.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 14:2 Take words with you and return (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/14-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 14:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 14:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/14-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 14:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 14:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>