“God’s Forgiving Love” Lesson Text: Hosea 10 – 14: Series: The Justice And Love Of God: SS Summer Quarter, 2006 June, July, August:

Key Verse: Hosea 14:4:

King James Translation: “I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.”

Strong’s Concordance Translation: “I WILL = to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary, beacon, accomplished. HEAL = to mend by stitching, i.e. figuratively to cure, cause to heal, physician, repair thoroughly, make whole. THEIR BACKSLIDING = apostasy, turning, to turn back hence away from with the idea of return to the starting point, to retreat. I WILL LOVE THEM = to have affection for, like, friend. FREELY = spontaneity, spontaneous, free will offering, plentiful, willingly. FOR MINE ANGER = the nose, nostril, hence the face, and occasionally a person, also from the rapid breathing in passion and ire, snout. IS TURNED AWAY FROM HIM = to turn back hence away from with the idea of return to the starting point, to retreat.