Osea 14:4-7

4 Io guarirò la loro infedeltà, io li amerò di cuore, poiché la mia ira s’è stornata da loro.

5 Io sarò per Israele come la rugiada; egli fiorirà come il giglio, e spanderà le sue radici come il Libano.

6 I suoi rami si stenderanno; la sua bellezza sarà come quella dell’ulivo, e la sua fragranza, come quella del Libano.

7 Quelli che abiteranno alla sua ombra faranno di nuovo crescere il grano, e fioriranno come la vite; saranno famosi come il vino del Libano.

Osea 14:4-7 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.