What Does Hosea 14:2 Mean?

“Take”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then

“with you words”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

“and turn”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

near, with or among; often in general, to

“to the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“say”

to say (used with great latitude)

near, with or among; often in general, to

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“unto him Take away”

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

“all iniquity”

perversity, i.e., (moral) evil

“Take”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

“us graciously”

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good

“so will we render”

to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate

“the calves”

a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)

“of our lips”

the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)