the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Hosea 14:2
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Think about what you will say, and come back to the Lord . Say to him, "Take away our sin, and accept these words as our sacrifice. We offer you the praise from our lips.
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.
Come back to the Lord and say these words to him: "Take away all our sin and kindly receive us, and we will keep the promises we made to you.
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.
Take with you words, and return to Yahweh: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so we will render [as] bullocks [the offering of] our lips.
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.
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).
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.
Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, "Forgive all our sins, And accept that which is good: So we offer like bulls our lips.
Take ye wordis with you, and be ye conuertid to the Lord; and seie ye to hym, Do thou awei al wickidnesse, and take thou good; and we schulen yelde the caluys of oure lippis.
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.
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.
Return to the Lord and say, "Please forgive our sins. Accept our good sacrifices of praise instead of bulls.
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.
Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.
Return, Isra'el, to Adonai your God, for your guilt has made you stumble.
Take 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.
Return, O Israel, unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast stumbled in thine iniquity.
Take with you words, and turne to the Lord, say vnto him, Take away all iniquitie, and receiue vs graciously: so will wee render the calues of our lips.
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.
Take words with you and return to the Lord. Say to Him, "Take away all sin, and receive us in kindness, that we may praise You with our lips.
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.
Take vnto you words, & turne to the Lord, and say vnto him, Take away all iniquitie, and receiue vs graciously: so wil we render the calues of our lippes.
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.
Take with you words, and return to Yahweh: say unto him - Wholly, shalt thou take away iniquity, Accept, then, with favour, and we will make good the boldness of our lips!
(14-3) 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.
Take with you words and return to the LORD; say to him, "Take away all iniquity; accept that which is good and we will render the fruit of our lips.
Take these wordes with you, whe ye turne to the Lorde, and say vnto him, O forgeue vs all our sinnes, receaue vs graciously, and then wyll we offer the Calues of our lippes vnto thee.
Return, O Israel, to the Lord thy God; for the people have fallen through thine iniquities.
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.
Take words of repentance with youand return to the Lord.Say to him: “Forgive all our iniquityand accept what is good,so that we may repay youwith praise from our lips.
Take words with you, and return to the LORD. Tell him, "Forgive all our sins, And accept that which is good: So we offer like bulls our lips.
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.
Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Say to him, "Take away all guilt; accept good, and we will offer the fruit of our lips.
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.
Take these wordes with you, when ye turne to the LORDE, & saye vnto him: O forgeue vs all oure synnes, receaue vs graciously, & then wil we offre ye bullockes of oure lyppes vnto the.
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 [fn] of our lips.
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.
Take words with you and return to Yahweh.Say to Him, "Forgive all iniquityAnd take what is good,That we may pay in full the fruit of our lips.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
with, Job 34:31, Job 34:32, Joel 2:17, Matthew 6:9-13, Luke 11:2-4, Luke 18:13
away: 2 Samuel 12:13, 2 Samuel 24:10, Job 7:21, Psalms 51:2-10, Isaiah 6:7, Ezekiel 36:25, Ezekiel 36:26, Micah 7:19, Zechariah 3:4, John 1:29, Romans 11:27, Titus 2:14, Hebrews 10:4, 1 John 1:7, 1 John 3:5
receive: etc. or, give good, Matthew 7:11, Luke 11:13, Luke 15:21-24, Ephesians 1:6, Ephesians 1:7, Ephesians 2:7, Ephesians 2:8, 2 Timothy 1:9
the calves: Psalms 69:30, Psalms 69:31, Hebrews 13:15, 1 Peter 2:5, 1 Peter 2:9
Reciprocal: Leviticus 7:12 - a thanksgiving Leviticus 22:29 - General Numbers 23:21 - hath not Deuteronomy 4:30 - if thou Joshua 24:23 - put away 1 Kings 8:48 - And so return 1 Chronicles 21:8 - do away 2 Chronicles 32:25 - rendered Ezra 10:1 - when he had Job 22:23 - return Job 33:24 - Then Psalms 50:14 - Offer Psalms 63:3 - lips Psalms 119:108 - Accept Song of Solomon 4:11 - lips Isaiah 33:2 - be gracious Isaiah 43:22 - thou hast not Isaiah 55:7 - the wicked Isaiah 57:19 - the fruit Jeremiah 29:11 - thoughts Ezekiel 36:29 - save Hosea 14:8 - What Jonah 2:9 - I will sacrifice Malachi 3:3 - an Luke 1:28 - highly favoured Luke 11:4 - forgive us Acts 3:19 - be Acts 9:35 - turned Acts 15:19 - turned Acts 26:20 - turn Romans 12:1 - a living
Cross-References
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you come to Gerar, as far as Gaza, as you go in towards Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even to Lasha.
And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the circuit of Jordan, that it was well-watered before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt as you come to Zoar.
with Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal the king of the nations, and Amraphel the king of Shinar, and Arioch the king of Ellasar; four kings with the five.
And the valley of Siddim was pitted with asphalt pits, and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there. And they that remained fled to the mountain.
and blessed be the most high God, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. And he gave him a tithe of all.
The whole land shall be burned with brimstone and salt; it shall not be sown, nor shall it sprout; nor shall there be any herb in it. It shall be like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in His anger and in His fury.
and the Negeb, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, to Zoar.
And another head turned the way to Beth-horon. And another head turned to the way of the border looking down on the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
Hadid; Zeboim; Neballat;
My heart shall cry to Moab; her fugitives to Zoar, a heifer of three years; he goes up the ascent of Luhith with weeping, for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of ruin.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Take with you words, and turn to the Lord,.... Not mere words without the heart, but such as come from it, and express the true sense of it; words of confession, as the Targum; by which sin is acknowledged, and repentance declared, and forgiveness asked. Kimchi's note is a very good one;
"he (that is, God) does not require of you, upon return, neither gold nor silver, nor burnt offerings, but good works; therewith confessing your sins with your whole hearts, and not with your lips only;''
and which best agrees with evangelical repentance and Gospel times, in which ceremonial sacrifices are no more; and not any words neither; not tautologies and multiplicity of words, or words of man's prescribing, but of the Lord's directing to and dictating; the taught words of the Holy Ghost, which he suggests and helps men to, who otherwise know not how to pray, or what to pray for; and these expressed under a sense of sin, and sorrow for it, and in the strength of faith, and are as follow:
say unto him, take away all iniquity; which is to be understood, not of the taking away of the being of sin; which, though very desirable, is not to be expected in this life: nor of the expiation of sin by the sacrifice of Christ, which is done already; he has taken the sins of his people from them to himself, and has bore them, and carried them away, and removed them out of the sight of divine justice, which is satisfied for them: nor of the taking away of the power and dominion of sin; which is done by the Spirit of God, and the efficacy of his grace on the hearts of converted persons: nor of an extinguishing all sense of sin in men; for none have a quicker sense of it than pardoned sinners, or are more humble on the account of it, or more loath it; but of the taking of it away from the conscience of a sensible truly penitent sinner or backslider, by a fresh application of pardoning grace and mercy: sin is a burden, a heavy one, when the guilt of it is charged and lies upon the conscience; pardon of sin applied is a lifting up, as the word here used signifies, a taking off of this burden from it, a causing it to pass away; which is done by the fresh sprinkling of the blood of Jesus, which purges the conscience from sin, and clears it from the guilt of it, and speaks peace and comfort; and which is the blessing here prayed for, and every backslider, sensible of his case, sees he stands in need of, and even to have "all" taken away; for, if but one sin remains, and the guilt of it continues, he can have no peace, nor stand up under it; but, when God forgives sin, he forgives "all" sin;
and receive [us] graciously; receive into grace and favour, that is, openly and manifestly; the free love and favour of God is always the same, but the manifestations of it are different; sometimes more or less, and sometimes scarce any, if any at all, and is the ease here; and therefore a petition is made for the remembrance of it, for a renewed discovery and application of it: or accept us in a gracious manner; acceptance with God is not on account of the merits of men, but his own grace and mercy; not through any works of righteousness done by them, which are impure and imperfect; but through Christ the Beloved, in whom God is well pleased with the persons, and services, and sacrifices of his people, and receives all for his sake, and which is here asked for; as well as that he would take them into his protection, and open affection. It is, in the original text, only, "receive good" a; meaning either their good hearts, made so by the grace of God; their broken hearts and contrite spirits, which are sacrifices not despised by him, but acceptable to him through Christ: or their good words they were bid to take, and did take, nod use; their good prayers offered up through Christ, in his name, and in the exercise of faith, which are the Lord's delight: or their good works, done from a principle of love, in faith, to the glory of God, and with which sacrifices he is well pleased: or rather, as the same word signifies, to give as well as receive; see Psalms 68:18. It may be rendered, "give good" b; take good, and give it to us, even all good things, temporal and spiritual, especially all spiritual blessings in Christ; all which good things come from God, and are his gifts; particularly the good Spirit of God, and his grace, which the Lord gives to them that ask; and all supplies of grace from Christ; and more especially, as some interpreters of note explain it, the righteousness of Christ imputed and applied; which goes along with pardoning grace, or the taking away of sin, Zechariah 3:4; and is the good, the better, the best robe; a gift, the gift of grace; a blessing received from the Lord, and to be asked for of him:
so will we render the calves of our lips; not calves, bullocks, and oxen, for sacrifice, as under the law; but the sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving for pardoning grace, for a justifying righteousness, and for all good things: these are the fruit of the lips, as the apostle interprets it, Hebrews 13:15; and which are sacrifices more acceptable to God than calves of a year old, or an ox or bullock that has horns and hoofs, Psalms 69:30. This shows that the text and context refer to Gospel times, to the times of the Messiah; in which the Jews themselves say all sacrifices will cease but the sacrifice of praise. The Targum is,
"turn to the worship of the Lord, and say, let it he with thee to forgive sins, and may we be received as good, and the words of our lips be accepted with thee as bullocks for good pleasure upon the altar.''
a ×§× ××× "accipe bonum", Pagninus, Montanus: Munster, Cocceius, Schmidt, Burkius. b "Acceptum confer bonum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Take with you words - He bills them not bring costly offerings, that they might regain His favor; not whole burnt-offerings of bullocks, goats or rams; with which, and with which alone, they had before gone to seek Him (see the note above at Hosea 5:6); not the silver and gold which they had lavished on their idols; but what seems the cheapest of all, which any may have, without cost to their substance; âwords;â worthless, as mere words; precious when from the heart; words of confession and prayer, blending humility, repentance, confession, entreaty and praise of God. God seems to assign to them a form, with which they should approach Him. But with these words, they were also to turn inwardly âand turn unto the Lord,â with your whole heart, and not your lips alone. âAfter ye shall be converted, confess before Him.â
Take away all iniquity - (Literally and pleadingly, âThou will take away all iniquityâ.) They had âfallen by their iniquities;â before they can rise again, the stumbling-blocks must be taken out of their way. They then, unable themselves to do it, must turn to God, with whom alone is power and mercy to do it, and say to Him, âTake away all iniquity,â acknowledging that they had manifold iniquities, and praying Him to forgive all, âtake away all. All iniquities!â ânot only then the past, but what we tear for the future. Cleanse us from the past, keep us from the future. Give us righteousness, and preserve it to the end.â
And receive us graciously - (Literally, âand receive goodâ ). When God has forgiven and taken away iniquity, He has removed all hindrance to the influx of His grace. There is no vacuum in His spiritual, anymore than in His natural, creation. When Godâs good Spirit is chased away, the evil spirits enter the house, which is âempty, swept, and garnishedâ Matthew 12:44, for them. When God has forgiven and taken away manâs evil, He pours into him grace and all good. When then Israel and, in him, the penitent soul, is taught to say, âreceive good,â it can mean only, the good which Thou Thyself hast given; as David says, âof Thine own we have given Theeâ 1 Chronicles 29:14. As God is said to âcrown in us His own gifts;â (âHis own gifts,â but âin usâ ;) so these pray to God to receive from them His own good, which they had from Him. For even the good, which God giveth to be in us, He accepteth in condescension and forgiving mercy, âWho crowneth thee in mercy and lovingkindnessâ Psalms 103:4.
They pray God to accept their service, forgiving their imperfection, and mercifully considering their frailty. For since âour righteousnesses are filthy rags,â we ought ever humbly to entreat God, not to despise our dutifulness, for the imperfections, wanderings, and negligences mingled therewith. For exceedingly imperfect is it, especially if we consider the majesty of the Divine Nature, which should be served, were it possible, with infinite reverence.â They plead to God, then, to accept what, although from Him they have it, yet through their imperfection, were, but for His goodness, unworthy of His acceptance. Still, since the glory of God is the end of all creation, by asking Him to accept it, they plead to Him, that this is the end for which He made and remade them, and placed the good in them, that it might redound to His glory. As, on the other hand, the Psalmist says, âWhat profit is there in my blood, if I go down into the pitâ Psalms 30:9, as though his own perishing were a loss to God, his Creator, since thus there were one creature the less to praise Him. : ââTake from us all iniquity,â leave in us no weakness, none of our former decay, lest the evil root should send forth a new growth of evil; âand receive good;â for unless Thou take away our evil, we can have no good to offer Thee, according to that, âdepart from evil, and do good.â Psalms 37:27.â
So will we render the calves of our lips - Literally, âand we would fain repay, calves, our lips;â i. e., when God shall have âforgiven us all our iniquity,â and âreceivedâ at our hands what, through His gift, we have to offer, the âgoodâ which through His good Spirit we can do, then would we âofferâ a perpetual thankoffering, âour lips.â This should be the substitute for the thank-offerings of the law. As the Psalmist says, âI will praise the Name of God with a song, and magnify Him with thanksgiving. This also shall please the Lord, better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofsâ Psalms 69:30-31. They are to bind themselves to perpetual thanksgiving. As the morning and evening sacrifice were continual so was their new offering to be continual. But more. The material sacrifice, âthe bullock,â was offered, consumed, and passed away. Their âlipsâ were offered, and remained; a perpetual thank-offering, even a âliving sacrifice,â living on like the mercies for which they thanked; giving forth their âendless songâ for never-ending mercies.
This too looks on to the Gospel, in which, here on earth, our unending thanksgiving is beginning, in which also it was the purpose of God to restore those of Ephraim who would return to Him. : âHere we see law extinguished, the Gospel established. For we see other rites, other gifts. So then the priesthood is also changed. For three sorts of sacrifices Were of old ordained by the law, with great state. Some signified the expiation of sin; some expressed the ardor of piety; some, thanksgiving. To those ancient signs and images, the truth of the Gospel, without figure corresponds. Prayer to God, âto take away all iniquity,â contains a confession of sin, and expresses our faith, that we place our whole hope of recovering our lost purity and of obtaining salvation in the mercy of Christ. âReceive good.â What other good can we offer, than detestation of our past sin, with burning desire of holiness? This is the burnt-offering. Lastly, âwe will repay the calves of our lips,â is the promise of that solemn vow, most acceptable to God, whereby we bind ourselves to keep in continual remembrance all the benefits of God, and to render ceaseless praise to the Lord who has bestowed on us such priceless gifts. For âthe calves ofâ the âlipsâ are orisons well-pleasing unto God. Of which David says, âThen shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt-offerings and whole burnt-offerings; then shall they offer bullocks upon Thine altar.â (Psalms 51:0 ult.).â
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Hosea 14:2. Take with you words — And you may be assured that you pray aright, when you use the words which God himself has put in your mouths. On this very ground there is a potency in the LORD'S PRAYER, when offered up believingly, beyond what can be found in any human composition. And it may be presumed that it was this consideration that induced our reformers to introduce it so frequently in the public liturgy.
See the order of God's directions here: -
1. Hearing these merciful invitations, believe them to be true.
2. Cast aside your idols; and return to God as your Maker, King, and Saviour.
3. Take with you the words by which you have been encouraged, and plead them before God.
4. Remember your iniquity, deeply deplore it, and beg of God to take it all away.
5. Let faith be in exercise to receive what God waits to impart. "Receive us graciously;" ××§× ××× vekach tob, receive, or let us receive good; when thou has emptied us of evil, fill us with goodness.
6. Be then determined, through grace, to live to his glory, "so shall we render thee the calves" (פר×× parim, for which the versions in general read ×¤×¨× peri, fruits, omitting the × mem) "of our lips;" the sacrifices of praise, thanksgiving, gratitude, and the hearty obedience which our lips have often promised.
7. Having thus determined, specify your resolutions to depend on God alone for all that can make you wise, useful, holy, and happy. The resolutions are: -
1. Asshur shall not save us - We will neither trust in, nor fear, this rich and powerful king. We will not look either to riches or power for true rest and peace of mind.
2. We will not ride upon horses - We shall no more fix our hopes on the proud Egyptian cavalry, to deliver us out of the hands of enemies to whom thy Divine justice has delivered us. We will expect no rest nor happiness in the elegances of life, and gratification of our senses.
3. Neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods - We will not trust in any thing without us; nor even in any good thing we are able to do through thy grace; knowing we have nothing but what we have received. We will trust in thy infinite mercy for our final salvation.
4. And we will do all this from the conviction, that in thee the fatherless findeth mercy; for we are all alike helpless, desolate, perishing orphans, till translated into thy family.
