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Hosea 14:3-9

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3 1Assyria shall not save us; 2we will not ride on horses; and 3we will say no more, 'Our God,' to the work of our hands. 4In you the orphan finds mercy."
4 I 5will heal their apostasy; 6I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.
5 7I will be like the dew to Israel; 8he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees 9of Lebanon;
6 his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be 10like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
7 They shall return and 11dwell beneath my[a] shadow; they shall flourish like the grain; they shall blossom like the vine; their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
8 O 12Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you.[b] I am like an evergreen cypress; 13from me comes your fruit.
9 14Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and 15the upright walk in them, 16but transgressors stumble in them.
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Hosea 14:3-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO HOSEA 14

This chapter concludes the book, with gracious promises to repenting sinners, to returning backsliders. It begins with an exhortation to Israel to return to the Lord, seeing he was their God, and they had fallen by sin from prosperity into adversity, temporal and spiritual, Ho 14:1; and they are directed what to say to the Lord, upon their return to him, both by way of petition, and of promise and of resolution how to behave for the future, encouraged by his grace and mercy, Ho 14:2,3; and they are told what the Lord, by way of answer, would say to them, Ho 14:4; and what he would be to them; and what blessings of grace he would bestow on them; and in what flourishing and fruitful circumstances they should be, Ho 14:5-8; and the chapter ends with a character of such that attend to and understand those things; and with a recommendation of the ways of the Lord, which are differently regarded by men, Ho 14:9.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 16

  • 1. Hosea 5:13
  • 2. [Isaiah 30:16; Isaiah 31:1]
  • 3. [ver. 8]
  • 4. See Psalms 10:14
  • 5. Jeremiah 3:22; [Hosea 6:1]
  • 6. [Hosea 11:1]
  • 7. [Hosea 6:3]
  • 8. Isaiah 27:6
  • 9. [Psalms 92:12; Isaiah 35:2]
  • 10. Psalms 52:8
  • 11. Psalms 91:1
  • 12. [ver. 3; Isaiah 30:22]
  • 13. [Hosea 2:8, 23; John 15:4, 5]
  • 14. Psalms 107:43; Jeremiah 9:12; Daniel 12:10; John 8:47; John 18:37
  • 15. [Proverbs 10:29; Luke 2:34; 2 Corinthians 2:16]
  • 16. [Proverbs 10:29; Luke 2:34; 2 Corinthians 2:16]

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