2
Take 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.
3
Asshur 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.
5
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
6
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
7
They 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.
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8
Ephraim 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.
9
Who 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 on Hosea 14
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Places in Hosea 14
Topics in Hosea 14
Anger · Backsliders · Blessing · Branch · Calf · Children · Confidence · Corn · Depravity of man · Dew · God · Grape · Horse · Idolatry · Israel, prophecies concerning · Lebanon · Orphan · Prudence · Quotations and allusions · Repentance · Righteous · Sacrifices · Symbols and similitudes · Way · Wicked (people) · Wisdom