O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity - (Hosea 5:5; Hosea 13:9, "O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help"). The Hebrew for "return" х shuwbaah (H7725)] is intensive [as the Hebrew letter he (h) in the imperative implies], implying God's strong desire for Israel's return. Return at once and completely. "Unto" х `ad (H5704)] is literally, even up to the Lord; not merely toward the Lord. 'Great is repentance which maketh men to reach quite up to the throne of glory' (The Jewish book, Yomac, 8:, in Pococke).