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Hosea 14:3–4

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Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
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From verse 3

  1. Psalms 10:14Rank 1 from verse 3
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    14Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

  2. Psalms 68:5Rank 2 from verse 3
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    5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

  3. Isaiah 31:1Rank 3 from verse 3
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    1WOE to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!

  4. John 14:18Rank 4 from verse 3
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    18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

  5. Hosea 14:8Rank 5 from verse 3
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    8Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

  6. Hosea 2:17Rank 6 from verse 3
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    17For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.

  7. Hosea 5:13Rank 7 from verse 3
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    13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

  8. Isaiah 30:16Rank 8 from verse 3
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    16But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

  9. Psalms 33:17Rank 9 from verse 3
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    17An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

  10. 2 Chronicles 16:7Rank 10 from verse 3
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    7¶ And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.

  11. Deuteronomy 17:16Rank 11 from verse 3
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    16But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

  12. Exodus 22:22–24Rank 12 from verse 3
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    22¶ Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

    23If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

    24And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

  13. Ezekiel 36:25Rank 13 from verse 3
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    25¶ Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

  14. Ezekiel 37:23Rank 14 from verse 3
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    23Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

  15. Ezekiel 43:7–9Rank 15 from verse 3
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    7¶ And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.

    8In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.

    9Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

  16. Hosea 12:1Rank 16 from verse 3
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    1EPHRAIM feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

  17. Hosea 7:11Rank 17 from verse 3
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    11¶ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

  18. Hosea 8:6Rank 18 from verse 3
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    6For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

  19. Hosea 8:9Rank 19 from verse 3
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    9For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

  20. Isaiah 1:29Rank 20 from verse 3
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    29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

  21. Isaiah 2:20Rank 21 from verse 3
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    20In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

  22. Isaiah 27:9Rank 22 from verse 3
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    9By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

  23. Isaiah 30:2Rank 23 from verse 3
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    2That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

  24. Isaiah 31:3Rank 24 from verse 3
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    3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

  25. Isaiah 36:8Rank 25 from verse 3
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    8Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

  26. Jeremiah 31:18–22Rank 26 from verse 3
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    18¶ I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.

    19Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

    20Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

    21Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

    22¶ How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.

  27. Micah 5:10–14Rank 27 from verse 3
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    10And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:

    11And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:

    12And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:

    13Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.

    14And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.

  28. Proverbs 23:10–11Rank 28 from verse 3
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    10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

    11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

  29. Psalms 146:3Rank 29 from verse 3
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    3Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

  30. Psalms 146:9Rank 30 from verse 3
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    9The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

  31. Psalms 20:7–8Rank 31 from verse 3
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    7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

    8They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

  32. Zechariah 13:2Rank 32 from verse 3
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    2¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

From verse 4

  1. Isaiah 57:18Rank 1 from verse 4
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    18I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

  2. Jeremiah 3:22Rank 2 from verse 4
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    22Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.

  3. Isaiah 12:1Rank 3 from verse 4
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    1AND in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

  4. Ephesians 2:4–9Rank 4 from verse 4
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    4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

    5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

    6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

    7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

    8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

    9Not of works, lest any man should boast.

  5. Zephaniah 3:17Rank 5 from verse 4
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    17The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

  6. Hosea 6:1Rank 6 from verse 4
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    1COME, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

  7. 2 Corinthians 5:19–21Rank 7 from verse 4
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    19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

    20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

    21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

  8. Exodus 15:26Rank 8 from verse 4
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    26And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.

  9. Jeremiah 14:7Rank 9 from verse 4
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    7¶ O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

  10. Jeremiah 17:14Rank 10 from verse 4
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    14Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

  11. Jeremiah 33:6Rank 11 from verse 4
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    6Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

  12. Jeremiah 5:6Rank 12 from verse 4
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    6Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

  13. Jeremiah 8:22Rank 13 from verse 4
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    22Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

  14. Psalms 78:38Rank 14 from verse 4
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    38But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

  15. Titus 3:4Rank 15 from verse 4
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    4But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

  16. 2 Timothy 1:9Rank 16 from verse 4
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    9Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

  17. Deuteronomy 7:7–8Rank 17 from verse 4
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    7The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:

    8But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

  18. Ephesians 1:6Rank 18 from verse 4
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    6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

  19. Hosea 11:7Rank 19 from verse 4
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    7And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

  20. Matthew 9:12–13Rank 20 from verse 4
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    12But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

    13But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

  21. Numbers 25:11Rank 21 from verse 4
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    11Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.

  22. Numbers 25:4Rank 22 from verse 4
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    4And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel.

  23. Romans 3:24Rank 23 from verse 4
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    24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

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DEFINED WORDS

Hosea 14:3

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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save

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Sense 1: To rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through. Sense 2: Except or apart from.

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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ride

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To be carried on a horse, other animal, vehicle, or ship; to travel or move in this manner.

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upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

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neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

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say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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findeth

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Third-person singular present form of find (to discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience).

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mercy

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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

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DEFINED WORDS

Hosea 14:4

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heal

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Sense 1: To cure disease or injury and restore to soundness. Sense 2: Figuratively, to restore, forgive, or remedy spiritual or national disorder.

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backsliding

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Turning back from a former course of faithfulness into sin or unfaithfulness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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freely

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Sense 1: Without restraint, hindrance, or reserve; openly. Sense 2: Willingly, voluntarily, liberally, or abundantly. Sense 3: Without payment or purchase; as a gift.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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anger

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Sense 1: Strong displeasure or indignation. Sense 2: As a verb, to provoke to such displeasure.

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COMBINED MEANING

turned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.

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14:2Take 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.

14:3Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

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14:4¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

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14:5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

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