Hosea 14:4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for my anger is turned away from him. Their alienation was not only offensive to God, it was also hurtful to themselves. It had brought spiritual malady upon them. Jehovah assumes the function of healer, and He expects what He promises. The God whom they had offended does not suffer them to perish, nor spurn them away as loathsome; but He revives and quickens them. The gangrene disappears, and they return to soundness and health, with the assured prospect of coming at length to the fulness of the stature of perfect men. (John Eadie, D. D. , LL. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.WEB: "I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him. |
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