Hosea 14:2. Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him,-
See, he puts the words into your mouth; as if he felt persuaded that you would say, "Lord, I cannot pray an acceptable prayer," he makes one for you, so that you, who have backslidden the most, and have gone the farthest astray, may have no excuse: "Turn to the Lord: say unto him," -
Hosea 14:2. Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
"Our thankfulness shall give thee such hearty praise that it shall not be like the Jew’s slender sacrifice, when he offered the turtle-doves or the young pigeons, but we will give thee of our praise as hearty a sacrifice as when the devout Israelite brought the young bullock, the very best of his beasts, to be offered upon the altar of his God; so we will offer to thee the calves of our lips."
Hosea 14:2. Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him,-
See, he puts the words into your mouth; as if he felt persuaded that you would say, "Lord, I cannot pray an acceptable prayer," he makes one for you, so that you, who have backslidden the most, and have gone the farthest astray, may have no excuse: "Turn to the Lord: say unto him," -
Hosea 14:2. Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
"Our thankfulness shall give thee such hearty praise that it shall not be like the Jew’s slender sacrifice, when he offered the turtle-doves or the young pigeons, but we will give thee of our praise as hearty a sacrifice as when the devout Israelite brought the young bullock, the very best of his beasts, to be offered upon the altar of his God; so we will offer to thee the calves of our lips."