Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

"I will leave and go back to my place until they admit their offense and seek my face. When affliction comes to them, they will eagerly seek me."

New American Standard Bible

I will go away and return to My place
Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

I will depart and return to My place
until they recognize their guilt and seek My face;
they will search for Me in their distress.

A Conservative Version

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified


I will go away and return to My place [on high]
Until they acknowledge their offense and bear their guilt and seek My face;
In their distress they will earnestly seek Me, saying,

Bible in Basic English

I will go back to my place till they are made waste; in their trouble they will go after me early and will make search for me.

Darby Translation

I will go away, I will return to my place, till they acknowledge their trespass, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

Julia Smith Translation

I will go and turn back to my place, even till when they shall be guilty, and they sought my face: in straitness to them they will turn to me.

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{I will return again} to my place until they acknowledge [their] guilt and seek my face; in their distress they will search me.

Modern King James verseion

I will go; I will return to My place until they confess their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will seek Me diligently.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I will go, and return to my place, till they wax faint, and seek me.

NET Bible

Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.

New Heart English Bible

I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly."

The Emphasized Bible

I will depart, will return unto my place! till what time they acknowledge their guilt, and seek my face, - In their trouble, will they make for me diligent search.

Webster

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

World English Bible

I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly."

Youngs Literal Translation

I go -- I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I will go
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

and return
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

to my place
מקמה מקומה מקם מקום 
Maqowm 
Usage: 401

and seek
בּקשׁ 
Baqash 
Usage: 225

my face
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

Devotionals

Devotionals about Hosea 5:15

References

Context Readings

The Priests Are A Snare

14 Therefore I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I even I will tear them to pieces, and then I will leave. I will take them away, and there will be no rescue. 15 "I will leave and go back to my place until they admit their offense and seek my face. When affliction comes to them, they will eagerly seek me."



Cross References

Psalm 78:34

When he struck them, they sought him; they repented, and eagerly sought God.

Isaiah 26:16

LORD, they came to you in distress; they poured out their secret prayer when your chastenings were afflicting them.

Jeremiah 2:27

who say to a tree, "You are my father,' and to a stone, "You gave birth to me.' They have turned their back to me, but not their faces. In the time of their trouble, they'll say, "Rise up! Deliver us!'"

Leviticus 26:40-42

"Nevertheless, when they confess their iniquity, the iniquity of their ancestors, and their unfaithfulness by which they acted unfaithfully against me by living life contrary to me

Psalm 50:15

Call on me in the day of distress; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me."

Jeremiah 3:13

"Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God, and have scattered your favors to strangers under every green tree. But you haven't obeyed me,' declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 6:9

Your survivors will remember me among the nations where they'll be taken captives. I've been crushed by their unfaithful hearts that have turned against me.

Exodus 25:21-22

You are to put the Mercy Seat on top of the ark, and put the Testimony that I'll give you into the ark.

Deuteronomy 4:29-31

If from there you will seek the LORD your God, then you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and soul.

Deuteronomy 30:1-3

"When all these things happen to you both the blessings and the curses that I've presented to you and you take them seriously in all the nations where the LORD your God will deport you,

Judges 4:3

The Israelis cried out to the LORD, because of his 900 iron chariots. Jabin oppressed the Israelis forcefully for twenty years.

Judges 6:6-7

Because Israel was deeply impoverished due to the Midianites, they cried out to the LORD.

Judges 10:10-16

Then the Israelis cried out to the LORD and told him, "We have sinned against you because we have abandoned our God to serve the Baals."

1 Kings 8:10-13

When the priests left the Holy Place after setting the ark in place, the cloud filled the LORD's Temple

1 Kings 8:47-48

if they turn their hearts back to you in the land where they have been taken captive, repent, and pray to you even if they do so in the land of their captivity confessing, "We have sinned, we have committed abominations, and practiced wickedness,'

2 Chronicles 6:36-37

"When they sin against you because there isn't a single human being who doesn't sin and you become angry with them and deliver them over to their enemy, who takes them away captive to a land that's near or far away,

2 Chronicles 7:14

when my people humble themselves the ones who are called by my name and pray, seek me, and turn away from their evil practices, I myself will listen from heaven, I will pardon their sins, and I will restore their land.

2 Chronicles 33:12-13

But when he was in trouble, he sought the face of the LORD his God, humbled himself magnificently before the God of his ancestors,

Nehemiah 1:8-9

Please remember what you spoke in commanding your servant Moses. You said,

Job 27:8-10

For where is the hope of the godless when he is eliminated; when God takes away his life?

Job 33:27

"He'll sing to mankind with these words: "I've sinned. I have twisted what is right. Yet he has not repaid me like I deserve.

Psalm 83:16

Fill their faces with shame until they seek your name, God.

Psalm 132:14

"This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, because I desire to do so.

Proverbs 1:27-28

when what you dread comes like a storm, and your calamity comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who seek me will find me.

Isaiah 26:9

My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me searches for you. For when your judgments come upon the earth, the world's inhabitants learn righteousness.

Isaiah 26:21

For see, the LORD is coming from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their sins; the earth will reveal the blood that has been shed on it, and will no longer conceal its slain."

Isaiah 64:5-9

You come to the aid of those who gladly do what's right, To those who remember you in your ways. See, you were angry, and we sinned against them for a long time, but we will be saved.

Jeremiah 29:12-14

When you call out to me and come and pray to me, I'll hear you.

Jeremiah 31:18-20

"I've certainly heard Ephraim shuddering with grief as they said, "You have disciplined me, and I'm disciplined like an untrained calf. Restore me, and let me return, for you are the LORD my God.

Ezekiel 8:6

Then the Spirit told me, "Son of Man, don't you see what they're doing? The house of Israel practices awful, detestable things here, so I'm going far away from my sanctuary. But you're about to see things even more detestable than these."

Ezekiel 10:4

The glory of the LORD rose above the cherub and moved to the threshold of the Temple. A cloud filled the Temple and the court was filled with the brilliance of the LORD's glory.

Ezekiel 11:23

The glory of the LORD went up from the middle of the city and stood on the mountain, east of the city.

Ezekiel 20:43

You'll remember all your practices and evil actions by which you've become defiled. You'll loathe yourselves because of all the evil things you've done.

Ezekiel 36:31

Then you'll remember your lifestyles and practices that were not good. You'll hate yourselves as you look at your own iniquities and loathsome practices.

Daniel 9:4-12

I prayed to the LORD my God, confessing and saying:

Hosea 3:5

Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come in awe to the LORD and to his goodness in the last days.

Hosea 5:6

They will go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

Hosea 14:1-3

"Return, Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have fallen due to your own iniquity.

Micah 1:3

Look here! The LORD is coming from his place! He will come down and will trample down the high places throughout the land.

Zephaniah 2:1-3

"Gather together! Yes, indeed, gather together, you shameless nation!

Luke 13:25

After the homeowner gets up and closes the door, you can stand outside, knock on the door, and say again and again, "Lord, open the door for us!' But he will answer you, "I don't know where you come from.'

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