... In calling those in exile to return to YHWH, Hosea 14:2a (English 1a) represents a definite quotation of Deuteronomy 4:30 and 30:2. The criterion of verbal and syntactical correspondence is met as the passages contain the same verb with the precise prepositional phrase. Moreover, the exact verbal phrase occurs within the Masoretic Text only in these three instances. In Deuteronomy the verbal phrases are identical with the weqatal form of שוב denoting a promise of Israel’s future return to YHWH from the land of exile. Hosea, however, contains the imperative of שוב along with the insertion of the vocative “Israel” between the verb and the prepositional phrase. The differences most likely represent the prophet’s interpretive use of the earlier phrase, which moves this discussion into the second criterion of quotation; contextual awareness. ...