Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, "Forgive all our sins, And accept that which is good: So we offer like bulls our lips.
"Take away all iniquity ..." There is a positive reference in this to the forgiveness of sins, as indicated in the New English Bible margin (b) which renders it, "Thou wilt surely take away iniquity."  The great prophecy of the New Covenant in  Jeremiah 31:31-35 clearly made the forgiveness of sins to be the distinctive hallmark of the New Covenant; and thus this is another sure and certain indicator that Hosea in this chapter has that New Covenant and the New Israel of God in Christ Jesus in constant view. He was prophesying of Christianity.  Ward rendered these words, "Forgive all guilt, that we may receive what is good and offer the fruit of our lips."[10]  We believe that catches the thought exactly.