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Hosea 5:15

King James Version (KJV)

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Hosea 5:15

Verse 15 of 15

Scripture focus

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 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Hosea 5:15

Theological / Devotional

I will go and return. Still employing the figure of the lion that carries his prey away and then retires to his den or cave, the prophet represents God as withdrawing to His place in heaven after bringing captivity upon His people. When as a result of “their affliction” the people are truly repentant, and then only, will they find God, as Jeremiah so beautifully and tenderly expresses it in his prophecy (Jer. 29:10-14).

Acknowledge. The two necessary steps in repentance are confession of sin and surrender to God (see Ps. 32:1, 2, 5, 6; Isa. 59:1, 2).

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