Hosea 14
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Hosea 14
A Plea for Repentance
1 #
Hos 10.12; 12.6; Joel 2.13 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
2 #
Mic 7.18, 19; Heb 13.15 Take words with you
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all guilt;
accept that which is good,
and we will offer
the fruit#14.2 Gk Syr: Heb bulls of our lips.
3 #
Ps 10.14; Isa 31.1; Hos 5.13; 8.6; 13.2 Assyria shall not save us;
we will not ride upon horses;
we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
In you the orphan finds mercy.”
Assurance of Forgiveness
4 #
Isa 12.1; Zeph 3.17 I will heal their disloyalty;
I will love them freely,
for my anger has turned from them.
5 #
Job 29.19; Isa 35.2; Mt 6.28 I will be like the dew to Israel;
he shall blossom like the lily;
he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon.#14.5 Cn: Heb like Lebanon
6 #
Ps 52.8; Song 4.11 His shoots shall spread out;
his beauty shall be like the olive tree
and his fragrance like that of Lebanon.
7 #
Ps 91.4; Ezek 17.23; Hos 2.21, 22 They shall again live beneath my#14.7 Heb his shadow;
they shall flourish as a garden;#14.7 Cn: Heb they shall grow grain
they shall blossom like the vine;
their fragrance shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
8 #
v 3
; Isa 41.19; Ezek 17.23O Ephraim, what have I#14.8 Or What more has Ephraim to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.#14.8 Heb him
I am like an evergreen cypress;
your fruit comes from me.
9 #
Ps 107.43; Isa 1.28; 26.7; Acts 13.10 Those who are wise understand these things;
those who are discerning know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
and the upright walk in them,
but transgressors stumble in them.
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