Hosea 5:15

Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. ¹  Then they will seek me; ²  in their distress they will earnestly seek me.

Ex 25:21,22; Le 26:40-42; De 4:29-31; De 30:1-3; Jud 4:3; Jud 6:6,7; Jud 10:10-16; 1Ki 8:10-13; 1Ki 8:47,48; 2Ch 6:36,37; 2Ch 7:14; 2Ch 33:12,13; Ne 1:8,9; Job 27:8-10; Job 33:27; Ps 50:15; Ps 78:34; Ps 83:16; Ps 132:14; Pr 1:27,28; Pr 8:17; Isa 26:9,16; Isa 26:21; Isa 64:5-9; Jer 2:27; Jer 3:13; Jer 29:12-14; Jer 31:18-20; Eze 6:9; Eze 8:6; Eze 10:4; Eze 11:23; Eze 20:43; Eze 36:31; Da 9:4-12; Ho 5:6; Ho 14:1-3; Mic 1:3; Zep 2:1-3; Lu 13:25

¹ tn The verb יֶאְשְׁמוּ (ye’shÿmu, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural from אָשַׁם, ’asham, “to be guilty”) means “to bear their punishment” (Ps 34:22-23; Prov 30:10; Isa 24:6; Jer 2:3; Hos 5:15; 10:2; 14:1; Zech 11:5; Ezek 6:6; BDB 79 s.v. אָשַׁם 3). Many English versions translate this as “admit their guilt” (NIV, NLT) or “acknowledge their guilt” (NASB, NRSV), but cf. NAB “pay for their guilt” and TEV “have suffered enough for their sins.”

² tn Heb “seek my face” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “seek my presence.”