{"id":1264,"date":"2025-03-27T00:14:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T13:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebible.au\/?post_type=book_fo_hosea&#038;p=1264"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:13:30","slug":"14","status":"publish","type":"book_fo_hosea","link":"https:\/\/thebible.au\/?book_fo_hosea=14","title":{"rendered":"14 \u25ba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Hosea 14 - Is the sinner&#039;s prayer Biblical?\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e15IVkcfHB0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Hosea 14 &#8211; Is the sinner&#8217;s prayer Biblical?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hosea 14<\/strong> is the final chapter of this the 1st of the Minor prophets. Hosea has a heavy message of pending judgment for sins. Despite the heavy nature of this book, we see constant glimpses of hope through the darkness. Believe it or not, Hosea guides Israel in an early form, of the sinner\u2019s prayer. He provides the willing Israelite, with the words to say &amp; the actions to take in returning to God. &amp; Hosea beautifully articulates the response of God, to the repentant sinner. 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