Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and (g) David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
(g) This is meant of Christ's kingdom, which was promised to David to be eternal; (Psalms 72:17).
Verse Hosea 3:5. _AFTERWARD SHALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL RETURN_] Shall _repent_ of their iniquities, _and seek the Lord_; lay aside their _mock worship_, and serve the true God _in spirit and in trut...
AFTERWARD SHALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL RETURN - Elsewhere it is said more fully, “return to the Lord.” It expresses more than “turning” or even conversion to God. It is not conversion only, but revers...
CHAPTER 3 ISRAEL'S PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE _ 1. The past (Hosea 3:1) _ 2. The present (Hosea 3:4) 3. The future (Hosea 3:5) Hosea 3:1. The
The prophet, bidden yet again to love a woman, who is loved by another and is an adulteress, in this respect imitating Yahweh's love for His unfaithful people, buys her out of slavery and subjects her...
AFTERWARD, &C. This mark of time has not yet been reached. It corresponds with the "many days" of Hosea 3:4. See the Structure above ("4-. "). RETURN, &C.: i. e. return [to Jehovah]. See Hosea 5:15,...
_return_ i.e. from their evil courses of disobedience to their God and to the legitimate royal house. _David their king_ There is a great body of authority for regarding this as an expression for the...
_THE UGLINESS OF SIN -- HOSEA 3:1-5:_ When you begin to talk about sin some get angry and others mourn its ugliness. Gomer had proven herself to be an unfaithful wife to the prophet of God. Israel had...
DISCOURSE: 1145 THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS Hosea 3:5. _Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in t...
FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL ABIDE, &C.— This threatening was fulfilled upon the ten tribes, when they were carried captive by Salmaneser; but was fulfilled in a remarkable manner upon the whole n...
LOVE RECONCILINGGOMER LOVED TEXT: Hosea 3:1-5 1 And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they...
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days. AFTERWARD - after the long period ("m...
THE ATTEMPTS TO RECLAIM THE ERRING WIFE In an episode in the life of Hosea and his relations with Gomer (cp. Hosea 2:14) the prophet finds a parable of Jehovah's punishment of Israel. Having bought ba...
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. H...
THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING HOSEA _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 3 HOSEA RETURNS TO HIS WIFE V1 Then the *Lord said to me again, ‘Go and show your love to your wife again. You must love her al...
DAVID THEIR KING. — Meaning the predicted representative of the Davidic dynasty. Thus Rehoboam and his house are spoken of as “David” (1 Kings 12:16). The phrase “latter days” is used indefinitely of...
אַחַ֗ר יָשֻׁ֨בוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּ בִקְשׁוּ֙...
Hosea 2:1; Hosea 3:1 THE SIN AGAINST LOVE Hosea 1:1; Hosea 2:1; Hosea 3:1;
“A DOOR OF HOPE” Hosea 2:14-23; Hosea 3:1-5 The valley of Achor was a long wild pass up through the hills. The prophet says that a door of hope would open there, like the Mont Cenis tunnel which lead...
Finally, the prophet was commanded to love and find and restore his sinning and wandering bride. Through his obedience he entered into fellowship with the amazing tenderness of God, and was thereby pr...
_David, their king. That is, Christ, who is of the house of David. (Challoner) --- After the captivity, the Jews submitted to Zorobabel. Yet this only foreshewed a more sincere conversion to Jesus Chr...
I beg the Reader to pause over these verses, and when he hath duly pondered their meaning, to consider at this moment the state of the Jews, and behold, how for ages and generations past, the predicti...
REFLECTIONS PRECIOUS, precious Lord Jesus! let me pass by and pass over every ether thought and consideration furnished by this Chapter, to attend to thee, and to that lovely character of thine set fo...
The prophecy of Hosea naturally divides itself into two principal divisions with minor sections. The first consists of Hosea 1:1-11; Hosea 2:1-23; Hosea 3:1-5; the second, of the rest of the book. Wit...
Death - Redemption Restoration I. INTRODUCTION A. Chapter 3 is only 5 verses but has been claimed, "One of the greatest prophetic passages in the Word of God." (J. Vernon McGee - Through The Bible V...
But it follows, _Afterwards shall the children of Israel return and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king_. Here the Prophet shows by the fruit of their chastisement, that the Israelites had no...
Chapter 3 reveals another detail of the people's history during the time of their rejection, a rejection followed by their return to God. Israel should remain for a long time apart to wait for their G...
AFTERWARD SHALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL RETURN,.... The ten tribes of Israel, and also the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, which are included in the name of Israel, as Aben Ezra interprets it; and th...
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days. Ver. 5. _Afterward shall the children of...
_Afterward shall the children of Israel return_ When they have lived a long time in this state, without any country or government of their own, without any temple or place of worship, and without the...
THE NEW MARRIAGE OF THE ADULTERESS. In a second symbolical marriage the faithful love of God, which for that very reason is also jealous and intends to lead to repentance, is pictured....
Afterward shall the children of Israel return and seek the Lord, their God, the Jewish Church after the exile being the organization in which the belief in the true God was still taught, AND DAVID, TH...
4-5 Here is the application of the parable to Israel. They must long sit like a widow, stripped of all joys and honours; but shall at length be received again. Those that would seek the Lord so as to...
AFTERWARD; after these long and sore troubles have broken their hearts and opened their eyes. RETURN; repent; it is not a promise of return into their own country. SEEK THE LORD THEIR GOD, to know his...
Hosea 3:5 Afterward H310 children H1121 Israel H3478 return H7725 (H8799) seek H1245 (H8765) LORD H3068 God...
‘Afterward will the children of Israel return, and seek YHWH their God, and David their king, and will come with fear to YHWH and to his goodness in the latter days.' However, there will come a time w...
HOSEA IS CALLED ON TO TAKE ANOTHER WOMAN AS WIFE WHO WAS AN ADULTERESS, BUT WAS NOT TO HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH HER. THIS WAS AS A SIGN THAT ISRAEL TOO WAS TO LOSE HER RELATIONSHIP WITH YHWH, ALTHOU...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's undying love to Israel. The future kingdom on earth. CHARACTERS: God, Hosea. CONCLUSION: God's people (Israel) who have gone awhoring from Him must take upon themselves the shame...
Hosea 3:1. _Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress._ This action is forbidden by the law of Moses, and also by our Saviour. What then would become of the prophet's moral charact...
_And shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the latter days._ GOODNESS PRODUCING FEAR There are three points here peculiarly worthy of our notice. The designation which is given to the Gospel dispen...
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 3:1 Hosea returns to his marriage, which is still an image for God and Israel. Israel’s hope, like Judah’s, lies with the house of David. ⇐...
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 3:5 To call DAVID THEIR KING is significant for the northern kingdom, which has been rebelling against the house of David for two centuries. They must RETURN in order to be full pa...
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 3:1.] The significant pair is introduced again with a fresh application. In a second symbolic marriage, the faithful, chastening love of God is set forth to adulterous Israel. L...
EXPOSITION This short chapter contains two sections, of which the first, comprising Hosea 3:1, is a symbolic representation; and the second, consisting of Hosea 3:4 and Hosea 3:5, gives the explanatio...
Then said the LORD unto me (Hsa Hosea 3:1), Hosea is speaking here. Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, wh...
1 Kings 12:16; Acts 15:16; Amos 9:11; Daniel 10:14; Daniel 2:28;...
Return — Repent. And David — The Messiah who is the son of David. And his goodness — God and his goodness; that is, the good and gracious God. God in Christ and with Christ shall be worshipped. The la...