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Hosea 12

Hos. 12:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therefore turn
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
thou to thy God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
: keep
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
mercy
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
and judgment
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
, and wait
qavah (Hebrew #6960)
to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
KJV usage: gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
Pronounce: kaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
on thy God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
continually
tamiyd (Hebrew #8548)
properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrifice
KJV usage: alway(-s), continual (employment, -ly), daily, ((n-))ever(-more), perpetual.
Pronounce: taw-meed'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to stretch
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turn.
Hos. 14:1• 1O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. (Hos. 14:1)
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Prov. 1:23• 23Turn you at my reproof:{HR}Behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you,{HR}I will make known my words unto you. (Prov. 1:23)
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Isa. 31:6• 6Turn ye unto [him from] whom, O children of Israel, ye have deeply revolted. (Isa. 31:6)
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Isa. 55:6‑7• 6Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.
 7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:6‑7)
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Jer. 3:14‑22• 14Turn, O backsliding children, saith Jehovah, for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
 15and I will give you pastors, according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
 16And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith Jehovah, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Jehovah: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
 17At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
 18In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
 19{i}And as for me, I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee the pleasant land, the goodly inheritance of the hosts of the nations? And I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from following me.{/i}
 20{i}Surely as a woman treacherously departeth from her companion, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.{/i}
 21{i}A voice is heard upon the heights, the weeping supplications of the children of Israel; for they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.{/i}
 22{i}—Return, backsliding children; I will heal your backslidings. ...Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.{/i} (Jer. 3:14‑22)
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Lam. 3:39‑41• 39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
 40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.
 41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. (Lam. 3:39‑41)
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Joel 2:13• 13and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. (Joel 2:13)
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Zech. 1:3• 3{i}And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Return unto me, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts.{/i} (Zech. 1:3)
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Acts 2:38• 38And Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized each of you in the name of Jesus Christ for remission of sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:38)
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Acts 26:20• 20but reported both to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judea and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. (Acts 26:20)
keep.
Hos. 4:1• 1{i}Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel;{/i} for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. (Hos. 4:1)
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Prov. 21:3• 3To exercise justice and judgment{HR}[Is] more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice. (Prov. 21:3)
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Isa. 1:16• 16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes. (Isa. 1:16)
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Isa. 58:6• 6[Is] not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? (Isa. 58:6)
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Jer. 22:15• 15Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? (Jer. 22:15)
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Amos 5:24• 24But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. (Amos 5:24)
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Mic. 6:8• 8He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Mic. 6:8)
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Zech. 7:9• 9{i}Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying,{/i} Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother, (Zech. 7:9)
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Zech. 8:16• 16{i}These are the things that ye shall do: Speak truth every one with his neighbour; execute truth and the judgment of peace in your gates;{/i} (Zech. 8:16)
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James 1:27• 27A religious service pure and undefiled before him that is God and Father is this, to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27)
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James 2:13• 13for the judgment [is] merciless to him that showed no mercy. Mercy glorieth over judgment. (James 2:13)
wait.
Gen. 49:18• 18I wait for thy salvation, O Jehovah. (Gen. 49:18)
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Psa. 27:14• 14Wait for Jehovah;{HR}Be strong, and he shall strengthen thy heart;{HR}Yea, wait for Jehovah. (Psa. 27:14)
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Psa. 37:7• 7Be silent to Jehovah and wait for him;{HR}Fret not thyself because of him who maketh his way to prosper,{HR}Because of the man who doeth wicked devices. (Psa. 37:7)
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Psa. 123:2• 2Behold, as eyes of servants unto their masters' hand,{HR}As a handmaid's eyes unto her mistress's hand,{HR}So [are] our eyes unto Jehovah our God{HR}Until he be gracious to us. (Psa. 123:2)
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Psa. 130:5‑7• 5I wait for Jehovah;{HR}My soul waiteth,{HR}And for his word I hope.
 6My soul [hopeth] for the Lord,{HR}More than watchmen for the morning watch for the morning.
 7Hope, Israel, for Jehovah,{HR}For with Jehovah [is] the mercy;{HR}And plenteously with him [is] ransom; (Psa. 130:5‑7)
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Isa. 8:17• 17And I will wait for Jehovah that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. (Isa. 8:17)
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Isa. 30:18• 18And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he lift himself up that he may have mercy upon you; for Jehovah [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him. (Isa. 30:18)
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Isa. 40:31• 31but they that wait upon Jehovah shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa. 40:31)
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Lam. 3:25‑26• 25Jehovah is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
 26It is good that one should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah. (Lam. 3:25‑26)
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Hab. 2:3• 3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. (Hab. 2:3)
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Zeph. 3:8• 8Therefore wait ye upon me, saith Jehovah, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. (Zeph. 3:8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindnessb and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "goodness."

W. Kelly Translation

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Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.