Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips. Wagenaar i will testify against them and challenge them. Concluding considerations re unfaithful israel hosea 14. Hosea 114 esv the word of the lord that came to bible. Truth for life is the teaching ministry of alistair begg and is committed to teaching the bible with clarity and relevance so that unbelievers will be converted, believers will be established, and local churches will be strengthened. He found him at bethel, and there he really spoke with us. Jfb commentary on hosea chapter 14 christians unite. God, hosea, gomer, jezreel, loruhamah, loammi, kings of northern kingdom. The word of the lord that came to hosea the son of beeri. Sometimes love speaks tenderly and with compassion. They shall fall by the sword, their infants shall be dashed to pieces, a. He will blossom like the lily,and he will take root like the cedars of lebanon.
During the time of the minor prophets, the nation of israel had divided into two separate countries, each with its own government. This was the praise of their father jacob, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the lord has blessed, genesis 27. Christ is a foundation stone to some, to others a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence. Hosea 14 commentary commentary critical and explanatory. Hosea with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. New american standard bible 1 return, o israel, to the lord your god, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. Hosea 14 niv bible return, israel, to the lord your. Ravi zacharias sermon on hosea part 1 of 2 duration. Return, o israel, to the lord your god, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. Hosea 14 return, o israel, to the lord your god, for you. King james version 1 o israel, return unto the lord thy god. Hosea lesson 14 14 4 hosea chapter twelve introduction this chapter divides into two unequal parts. Therefore, the sense of anger at the loss of her cubs is correspondingly much stronger.
Chapter 14 closes with an appeal to true repentance. By them hosea expresses his deep woe over israels condition. Israel, the northern country consisting of ten tribes, and judah, the remaining two tribes in the south. And the literal truth is suggestive of a wider sense in which the words may be employed, and a glorious principle of the divine government precious to gods people in every age. Chapter 10 destruction of idolatrous cultic objects. Hoseas wife and children when the lord began to speak through hosea, the lord said to him, go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of. It serves as another indictment against the northern kingdom. And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen. This is done with intratextual and intertextual comparison of its metaphorical language, as well as in dialogue with other commentators on this passage. Hosea 114 niv the word of the lord that came to hosea. Upon which god, ever ready to pardon the penitent, is introduced making large promises of blessings, in allusion to those copious dews which. View hosea 14 in the note window n exhortation to repentance.
Hosea chapters 4 through 14 god calls israel back to himself. Prophecies relating to christ and the latter days major characters. Listen to the word of the lord, o sons of israel, for the lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land, because there is no faithfulness or kindness or knowledge of god in the land. The book of hosea consists of fourteen chapters, which was the record for a minor prophet until zechariah tied it a couple centuries later. Nor will we say again, our god, to the work of our hands. The overall message of hosea is rejection of ephraim by the almighty followed by a reconciliations. Israel will return unto god and be blessed once again chapter 14. Jacobs humility before god, and the application brought to the southern kingdom. The more productive his land, the more sacred pillars he set up. When many are added to the church from without, when a hopeful generation rises up, then israels branches spread. Radak notes that the mother bear takes care of her young cubs much more than most other animals. Hosea 14 niv bible return, israel, to the lord your god. Hosea chapter 14 verse by verse bible commentary matthew. Compare your subject divisions with the four modern translations above.
I had never expected from such a prickly shrub to gather so fair a flower, so sweet a fruit. But hoseas language of love is not always the same. It is a promise to the trees of righteousness that their leaf shall not wither. Come back you have fallen because of your sins, but i love you and will bring you home. Hosea s plea to israel return to the lord your god, people of israel. Concluding considerations re unfaithful israel hosea. Forgive all our sins and accept our prayer, and we will praise you as we have promised. Hosea 14, new international version niv the bible app. The word calves hebrew par, a young bull or produce, is best understood metaphorically, referring to the words that the lips produce, in this context praise to the lord. By the terrible denunciation of vengeance which concludes the preceding chapter, the prophet is led to exhort israel to repentance, furnishing them with a beautiful form of prayer, very suitable to the occasion, hosea 14. The word of the lord that came to hosea the son of beeri, a. This passage is in very vivid contrast to what ephraim had previously said, as it is recorded in the early part of hoseas prophecy. We will never again say to our idols that they are our god. Hosea 14 real wisdom turns israel back to the lord this is a wonderful chapter to be at the end of such a book.
Hoshea portrays hashem in his ferocious anger at the children of israel, as a female bear whose cubs have been stolen. The second part of the book contains longish lamentations of hosea. Return to the lord, and let this prayer be your offering to him. The book of hosea is the first of the twelve minor prophets. At the same time he shows the future ways of god with his people. Say to him, take away all iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips. Hosea 14 commentary commentary critical and explanatory on. Sure footing is a sign of a healthy spiritual life, while stumbling bdb 505, kb 502, qal perfect is a sign of sin cf. When ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in israel. Such as set themselves to understand and know these things. If you turn to the second chapter, and the fifth verse, you will find this same ephraim saying, i will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and.
The first part really begins with the last verse of chapter eleven, and continues on until verse eleven of chapter twelve. This applies to all the lost ten tribes and also to judah. Let us own and love as brethren, all whom the lord seems to put among his children, and encourage them in that they have received mercy. Paragraphing is not inspired, but it is the key to following the original authors intent, which. The more abundant his fruit, the more altars he built. He spoke forth the word of the lord, and applied that word to his life, and to the people and circumstances around him. The word of the lord that came to hosea son of beeri during the reigns of uzziah, jotham, ahaz and hezekiah, kings of judah, and during the reign of jeroboam son of jehoash king of israel.
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