Oseas 14:4-9

Respuesta de Dios

4 «Yo corregiré su rebeldíay los amaré de pura gracia,porque mi ira contra ellos se ha calmado.

5 Yo seré para Israel como el rocío,y lo haré florecer como lirio.¡Hundirá sus raíces como cedro del Líbano!

6 Sus vástagos crecerán,y tendrán el esplendor del olivoy la fragancia del cedro del Líbano.

7 Volverán a habitar bajo mi sombra,y crecerán como el trigo.Echarán renuevos, como la vid,y serán tan famosos como el vino del Líbano.

8 Efraín, ¿yo qué tengo que ver con las imágenes?¡Soy yo quien te responde y cuida de ti!Soy como un pino siempre verde;tu fruto procede de mí».

9 El que es sabio entiende estas cosas;el que es inteligente las comprende.Ciertamente son rectos los caminos del SEÑOR:en ellos caminan los justos,mientras que allí tropiezan los rebeldes.

Oseas 14:4-9 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.