Hosea 14:5 (GNV)

Passage

I wil heale their rebellion: I wil loue them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

Nearby Context

Hosea 14:3 Take vnto you words, and 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.

Hosea 14:4 Asshur shall not saue vs, neither wil we ride vpon horses, neither will we say any more to the worke of our handes, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherlesse findeth mercie.

Hosea 14:5 I wil heale their rebellion: I wil loue them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

Hosea 14:6 I will be as the dewe vnto Israel: he shall grow as the lilie and fasten his rootes, as the trees of Lebanon.

Hosea 14:7 His branches shall spread, and his beautie shalbe as the oliue tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heale", "rebellion", "loue", "freely", "mine", "anger", "turned", and "away". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heale" and "rebellion", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Asshur shall not saue vs neither wil..." into verse 6's "I will be as the dewe vnto...", so "heale" and "rebellion" belong inside that flow. In Hosea context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "heale" and "rebellion" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.