Osea 14:1-6

1 ISRAELE, convertiti al Signore Iddio tuo; conciossiachè tu sii caduto per la tua iniquità.

2 Prendete con voi delle parole, e convertitevi al Signore; ditegli: Togli tutta l’iniquità, e ricevi il bene; e noi ti renderemo de’ giovenchi, con le nostre labbra.

3 Assur non ci salverà, noi non cavalcheremo più sopra cavalli; e non diremo più all’opera delle nostre mani: Dio nostro; conciossiachè l’orfano ottenga misericordia appo te.

4 Io guarirò la lor ribellione, io li amerò di buona volontà; perciocchè la mia ira si sarà rivolta da loro.

5 Io sarò come la rugiada ad Israele; egli fiorirà come il giglio, e getterà le sue radici come gli alberi del Libano.

6 I suoi rampolli si spanderanno, e la sua bellezza sarà come quella dell’ulivo, e renderà odore come il Libano.

Osea 14:1-6 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.