Hosea 14:2-9

2 Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to Him, "¹Take away all iniquity And receive us graciously, That we may ²present the fruit of our lips.

3 "Assyria will not save us, We will ³not ride on horses; Nor will we say again, '⁴Our god,' To the ⁵work of our hands; For in ⁶You the orphan finds mercy."

4 I will ⁷heal their apostasy, I will ⁸love them freely, For My anger has ⁹turned away from them.

5 I will be like the ¹⁰dew to Israel; He will blossom like the ¹¹lily, And he will take root like the cedars of ¹²Lebanon.

6 His shoots will sprout, And his beauty will be like the ¹³olive tree And his fragrance like the cedars of ¹⁴Lebanon.

7 Those who ¹⁵live in his shadow Will again raise ¹⁶grain, 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 ¹⁷idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like a luxuriant ¹⁸cypress; From ¹⁹Me comes your fruit.

9 ²⁰Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; Whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ²¹ways of the LORD are right, And the ²²righteous will walk in them, But ²³transgressors will stumble in them.

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Hosea 14:2-9 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 23

1. Micah 7:18, 19
2. Psalms 51:16, 17; Hosea 6:6; Hebrews 13:15
3. Psalms 33:17; Isaiah 31:1
4. Hosea 8:6; Hosea 13:2
5. Hosea 4:12
6. Psalms 10:14; Psalms 68:5
7. Isaiah 57:18; Hosea 6:1
8. Zephaniah 3:17
9. Isaiah 12:1
10. Proverbs 19:12; Isaiah 26:19
11. Song of Songs 2:1; Matthew 6:28
12. Isaiah 35:2
13. Jeremiah 11:16
14. Song of Songs 4:11
15. Ezekiel 17:23
16. Hosea 2:21, 22
17. Job 34:32; Hosea 14:3
18. Isaiah 41:19
19. Ezekiel 17:23
20. Psalms 107:43; Jeremiah 9:12
21. Psalms 111:7, 8; Proverbs 10:29; Zephaniah 3:5
22. Isaiah 26:7
23. Isaiah 1:28

Footnotes 8

[a]. Or "accept that which is good"
[b]. So with ancient versions; M.T. "our lips as bulls"
[c]. Or "fatherless"
[d]. Lit "strike his roots"
[e]. Lit "go"
[f]. Or "splendor"
[g]. Or "return, they will raise grain"
[h]. Lit "him"

Hosea 14:2-9

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Hosea 14:2-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO HOSEA 14

Cross References 23

Footnotes 8