Hosea · 9 verses
Hosea 14
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A flourishing cypress appears, and then—without so much as a botanical apology—fruit comes from it.
Return with wordsvv. 1–3
Israel is called to return after stumbling in iniquity, bringing confession and asking that iniquity be taken away. The confession then strips away its former props: Assyria will not save, horses will not carry, and the work of human hands will not be called gods. The fatherless, at least, find compassion in the LORD.
The green answervv. 4–8
The LORD answers with healing and freely given love. Israel is dew, lily, cedar, olive tree, vine, grain, wine, and finally a flourishing cypress; the comparisons pile up merrily, while the fruit is simply said to come from Him. Ephraim is watched over, idols are dismissed, and those who return dwell in his shade.
One way, two experiencesv. 9
The final saying asks the wise and discerning to understand. The ways of the LORD remain right; the righteous walk in them, while the rebellious stumble in precisely those same ways. The road has not altered its furniture.
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Hos 14:1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
Hos 14:2Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
Hos 14:3Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
Hos 14:4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
Hos 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
Hos 14:6His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.
Hos 14:7They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
Hos 14:8O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
Hos 14:9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
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Where this is echoed
Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 206 passages were voted onto 9 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 9Proverbs 10:29The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
- 1Joel 2:12–13“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
- 1Hosea 6:1Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
- 9Psalms 107:43Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.
- 9John 8:47Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
- 1Hosea 12:6But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.
- 2Psalms 51:2–10Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
- 2Hebrews 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- 4Isaiah 57:18I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
- 2Job 34:31–32Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
- 4Jeremiah 3:22“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.
- 12 Chronicles 30:6–9At the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.
- 5Isaiah 35:2It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
- 1Zechariah 1:3–4So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’
- 2Micah 7:18–19Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- 2Job 7:21Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
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