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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 American Standard Bible
Until they
In their affliction they will earnestly
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
until they recognize their guilt and seek My face;
they will search for Me in their distress.
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."
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.
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!'
Themes
Afflictions made beneficial » In leading us to seek God in prayer
Topics
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 5:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Priests Are A Snare
14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! 15 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.
Cross References
Psalm 78:34
When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.
Isaiah 26:16
O Lord, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline.
Jeremiah 2:27
They say to a wooden idol, 'You are my father.' They say to a stone image, 'You gave birth to me.' Yes, they have turned away from me instead of turning to me. Yet when they are in trouble, they say, 'Come and save us!'
Leviticus 26:40-42
However, when they confess their iniquity and their ancestors' iniquity which they committed by trespassing against me, by which they also walked in hostility against me
Psalm 50:15
Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!"
Jeremiah 3:13
However, you must confess that you have done wrong, and that you have rebelled against the Lord your God. You must confess that you have given yourself to foreign gods under every green tree, and have not obeyed my commands,' says the Lord.
Ezekiel 6:9
Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are exiled. They will realize how I was crushed by their unfaithful heart which turned from me and by their eyes which lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves because of the evil they have done and because of all their abominable practices.
Exodus 25:21-22
You are to put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and in the ark you are to put the testimony I am giving you.
Deuteronomy 4:29-31
But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.
Deuteronomy 30:1-3
"When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses I have set before you, you will reflect upon them in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you.
Judges 4:3
The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, because Sisera had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, and he cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
Judges 6:6-7
Israel was so severely weakened by Midian that the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.
Judges 10:10-16
The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord: "We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals."
1 Kings 8:10-13
Once the priests left the holy place, a cloud filled the Lord's temple.
1 Kings 8:47-48
When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, 'We have sinned and gone astray; we have done evil.'
2 Chronicles 6:36-37
"The time will come when your people will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry at them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their land, whether far away or close by.
2 Chronicles 7:14
if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
2 Chronicles 33:12-13
In his pain Manasseh asked the Lord his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.
Nehemiah 1:8-9
Please recall the word you commanded your servant Moses: 'If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations.
Job 27:8-10
For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Job 33:27
That person sings to others, saying: 'I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.
Psalm 83:16
Cover their faces with shame, so they might seek you, O Lord.
Psalm 132:14
He said, "This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.
Proverbs 1:27-28
when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.
Proverbs 8:17
I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.
Isaiah 26:9
I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.
Isaiah 26:21
For look, the Lord is coming out of the place where he lives, to punish the sin of those who live on the earth. The earth will display the blood shed on it; it will no longer cover up its slain.
Isaiah 64:5-9
You assist those who delight in doing what is right, who observe your commandments. Look, you were angry because we violated them continually. How then can we be saved?
Jeremiah 29:12-14
When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.
Jeremiah 31:18-20
I have indeed heard the people of Israel say mournfully, 'We were like a calf untrained to the yoke. You disciplined us and we learned from it. Let us come back to you and we will do so, for you are the Lord our God.
Ezekiel 8:6
He said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing -- the great abominations that the people of Israel are practicing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see greater abominations than these!"
Ezekiel 10:4
Then the glory of the Lord arose from the cherub and moved to the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud while the court was filled with the brightness of the Lord's glory.
Ezekiel 11:23
The glory of the Lord rose up from within the city and stopped over the mountain east of it.
Ezekiel 20:43
And there you will remember your conduct and all your deeds by which you defiled yourselves. You will despise yourselves because of all the evil deeds you have done.
Ezekiel 36:31
Then you will remember your evil behavior and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds.
Daniel 9:4-12
I prayed to the LORD my God, confessing in this way: "O Lord, great and awesome God who is faithful to his covenant with those who love him and keep his commandments,
Hosea 3:5
Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the Lord in fear and receive his blessings in the future.
Hosea 5:6
Although they bring their flocks and herds to seek the favor of the Lord, They will not find him -- he has withdrawn himself from them!
Hosea 14:1-3
Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sin has been your downfall!
Micah 1:3
Look, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth's mountaintops!
Zephaniah 2:1-3
Bunch yourselves together like straw, you undesirable nation,
Luke 13:25
Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, 'Lord, let us in!' But he will answer you, 'I don't know where you come from.'