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Hosea 14:3-9

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3 "Assyria will not save us, We will 1not ride on horses; Nor will we say again, '2Our god,' To the 3work of our hands; For in 4You the orphan finds mercy."
4 I will 5heal their apostasy, I will 6love them freely, For My anger has 7turned away from them.
5 I will be like the 8dew to Israel; He will blossom like the 9lily, And he will take root like the cedars of 10Lebanon.
6 His shoots will sprout, And his beauty will be like the 11olive tree And his fragrance like the cedars of 12Lebanon.
7 Those who 13live in his shadow Will again raise 14grain, And they will blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
8 O Ephraim, what more have I to do with 15idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like a luxuriant 16cypress; From 17Me comes your fruit.
9 18Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; Whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the 19ways of the LORD are right, And the 20righteous will walk in them, But 21transgressors will 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
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Cross References 21

  • 1. Psalms 33:17; Isaiah 31:1
  • 2. Hosea 8:6; Hosea 13:2
  • 3. Hosea 4:12
  • 4. Psalms 10:14; Psalms 68:5
  • 5. Isaiah 57:18; Hosea 6:1
  • 6. Zephaniah 3:17
  • 7. Isaiah 12:1
  • 8. Proverbs 19:12; Isaiah 26:19
  • 9. Song of Songs 2:1; Matthew 6:28
  • 10. Isaiah 35:2
  • 11. Jeremiah 11:16
  • 12. Song of Songs 4:11
  • 13. Ezekiel 17:23
  • 14. Hosea 2:21, 22
  • 15. Job 34:32; Hosea 14:3
  • 16. Isaiah 41:19
  • 17. Ezekiel 17:23
  • 18. Psalms 107:43; Jeremiah 9:12
  • 19. Psalms 111:7, 8; Proverbs 10:29; Zephaniah 3:5
  • 20. Isaiah 26:7
  • 21. Isaiah 1:28

Footnotes 6

  • [a] Or "fatherless"
  • [b] Lit "strike his roots"
  • [c] Lit "go"
  • [d] Or "splendor"
  • [e] Or "return, they will raise grain"
  • [f] Lit "him"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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