HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 14:1 Hosea finishes his book with a series of moving appeals to the wayward northern kingdom to return to the Lord and find healing and covenant renewal. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 14:2 TAKE WITH YOU WORDS means to know ahead of time what you will say. Hosea then gives the words of confession the people should use before the Lord (vv. Hosea 14:2). These verses include covenant terms that express God’s grace and the people’s gratitude. TAKE AWAY ALL INIQUITY... [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 14:4 Astounding promises follow the calls to repentance to encourage Israel to return. The Lord WILL HEAL THEIR APOSTASY. As noted in Hosea 5:13, the prophets often depict sin as a sickness and renewal as healing. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var... [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 14:5 DEW was an important source of water for Israel. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 14:6 HIS SHOOTS SHALL SPREAD OUT. An expanding kingdom is like the growth of a great tree: Israel’s original calling was to spread its influence through the whole world. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 14:7 THEY SHALL FLOURISH LIKE THE GRAIN... LIKE THE VINE... LIKE THE WINE. Israel again becomes a choice vine, which was her purpose from the beginning (compare Hosea 10:1). The landscape described here is an Eden-like paradise, illustrating covenant renewal (compare Hosea 2:14).... [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 14:9 The Lord is justified in punishing Israel for ingratitude and covenant breaking. Yet there is a final appeal for the WISE, who UNDERSTAND (compare Hosea 4:14). Most of the book has addressed Ephraim as a corporate body, but these terms focus on the response of individual Isr... [ Continue Reading ]