Hosea 3:5

Return] often used of a new line of action or change of life: cp. Hosea 14:7. David their king] The idolatrous worship of Israel was closely connected with their political schism: see 1 Kings 12:27. Hosea contemplates once more a united kingdom under the Davidic monarchy. It is quite possible, however, that by David is here meant the Messiah; cp. Jeremiah 30:9; Ezekiel 34:24; Ezekiel 37:24. In the latter days] lit. 'In the after part of the days,' i.e. at the end of time, used of the Messianic age: cp. Isaiah 2:2; Micah 4:1.