Hosea 5:15
in Hosea 5Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Hosea 5
Commentary
3 notes on this verse"I will take and go, and I will take away and there is no one who can deliver: going I will return to my place until you fail and seek my face." LXX: "And I will snatch, and go and take away, and there will be no one who can deliver: I will go and return to my rightful place until they are destroyed and seek my face."
This site's exposition
as a lion
on Hosea 5:14-15
The image turns from slow decay to sudden seizure, the Lord himself as a lion to Ephraim and a young lion to Judah, tearing and carrying away what he tears with none able to rescue, the same God who was Israel's shepherd now cast as the predator judgment makes him. I will go and return to my place is read by the bench as the Lord withdrawing his presence until the nation acknowledges its offence and seeks his face, and the closing line, in their affliction they will seek me early, both explains why the exile must come and anticipates the plea of 6:1, come, and let us return unto the Lord, the two chapters reading as one continuous movement from judgment to hoped-for repentance.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
I will go and return to My place - As the wild beast, when he has taken his prey, returns to his covert, so God, when He had fulfilled His will, would, for the time, withdraw all tokens of his presence. God, who is wholly everywhere, is said to dwell “there,” relatively to us, where he manifests Himself, as of old, in the tabernacle, the temple, Zion, Jerusalem. He is said to “go and return,” when He withdraws all tokens of His presence, His help, care, and providence.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
I will carry off and no one will rescue I will carry off the prey.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵלֵ֤ךְ | ʾelekh | I will go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אָשׁ֙וּבָה֙ | ʾashuvah | I will return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מְקוֹמִ֔י | mekomi | place my | H4725 → | |
| עַ֥ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| אֲשֶֽׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יֶאְשְׁמ֖וּ | ye'shemu | they will be held guilty | H816 → | 35 times |
| וּבִקְשׁ֣וּ | uvikshu | and they will seek | H1245 → | 225 times |
| פָנָ֑י | fanai | face my | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| בַּצַּ֥ר | batzar | when <the> it is distress | H6862 → | |
| לָהֶ֖ם | lahem | to them | ||
| יְשַׁחֲרֻֽנְנִי׃ | yeshacharuni | they will seek earnestly me | H7836 → |
אֵלֵ֤ךְI will go
ʾelekhH1980 →1546 times
אָשׁ֙וּבָה֙I will return
ʾashuvahH7725 →1056 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מְקוֹמִ֔יplace my
mekomiH4725 →
עַ֥דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
אֲשֶֽׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יֶאְשְׁמ֖וּthey will be held guilty
ye'shemuH816 →35 times
וּבִקְשׁ֣וּand they will seek
uvikshuH1245 →225 times
פָנָ֑יface my
fanaiH6440 →2123 times
בַּצַּ֥רwhen <the> it is distress
batzarH6862 →
לָהֶ֖םto them
lahem
יְשַׁחֲרֻֽנְנִי׃they will seek earnestly me
yeshacharuniH7836 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
it leads to
- Psalms 91:15
When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 107:28
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- Psalms 34:3–4
Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.
- Psalms 107:19
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Zechariah 13:9
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They…
- Psalms 91:15
Through
Psalms 78:34When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
it leads to
- Numbers 21:7
Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses…
- Judges 3:12–15
Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Numbers 21:7
Through
Isaiah 26:16O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
it leads to
- Psalms 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- Psalms 50:15
About Hosea
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Hosea 5:15; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.