Hosea
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Hosea 14
Hosea 14
1O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
1O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Commentary · verse 1
2Take with you words, and return unto Jehovah: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render as bullocks the offering of our lips.
3Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
2Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
3Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
Commentary · verses 2-3
God gave Israel the words she needed to say to God. God was facilitating Israel's confession and repentance.
4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
5I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Commentary · verses 4-5
When Israel becomes repentant, God will repair them and make them profitable.
6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
7They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
8Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.
9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.
6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
7They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
8Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Commentary · verses 6-9
The ways of God were Right, and the Just would walk (make progress) in them.
Commentary · verse 9
The Book of Hosea was the first of the twelve books that made up the minor prophet section of the Old Testament. The prophecies in the Book of Hosea concerned the Jews before the captivity around the same time as the first book of the major prophets section: the Book of Isaiah. The purpose of this book was to illustrate to Israel through the Doctrine of Marriage how Israel needed to choose to repent from their backsliding or suffer the consequences. During the time of this book, Israel was taken into captivity, while Judah was still sovereign.
Doctrines on this passage
Another call to repentance.