What does Hosea 14:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"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."
ASSHUR SHALL NOT SAVE US - After prayer for pardon and for acceptance of themselves, and thanksgiving for acceptance, comes the promise not to fall back into their former sins. Trust in man, in their...
CHAPTER 14 The Return and the Glorious Redemption _ 1. The exhortation to return (Hosea 14:1) _ 2. The glorious redemption (Hosea 14:4) Hosea 14:1. This chapter is a wonderful finale to the messag...
HOSEA 14:1 (Heb. Hosea 14:2). ISRAEL'S REPENTANCE AND YAHWEH'S FORGIVENESS. The section begins with a passionate appeal to Israel to repent and confess his sin (Hosea 14:1 f.). A promise of amendment...
ASSHUR, &C. See Hosea 5:13; Hosea 12:1. and compare Jeremiah 31:18. WE WILL NOT RIDE. Some codices, with four early printed editions and Syriac, read "nor upon horses will we ride". Reference to Penta...
Israel here renounces those sins against the theocracy of which Jehovah's prophet had specially accused him, viz. trust in Assyria (Hosea 5:13; Hosea 7:11; Hosea 8:9) and reliance on horses and chario...
DISCOURSE: 1175 DIRECTIONS FOR AN ACCEPTABLE APPROACH TO GOD Hosea 14:1. _O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unt...
LOVE RECONCILING PEACE REMAINSLURED TEXT: Hosea 14:1-3 1 O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 2 Take with you words, and return unto Jehovah: say unto hi...
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. ASSHUR SHALL NOT SAVE US; W...
ISRAEL WILL SURELY REPENT AND BE FORGIVEN Hosea makes a touching final appeal for repentance. He assures Israel of God's mercy, and closes with a description of the blessings that will follow the ren...
THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING HOSEA _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 14 GOD CALLS TO ISRAEL TO RETURN TO HIM V1 Return to the *Lord your God, people of Israel. Your *sin has made you fall. V2 Thi...
The three crying sins of Israel are here recounted: (1) Expected salvation from Assyria; (2) dependence on the world-power of Egypt, famed for war-horses and chariots; (3) ascription of Divine names a...
_[Hosea 14:4]_ אַשּׁ֣וּר ׀ לֹ֣א יֹושִׁיעֵ֗נוּ עַל ־סוּס֙ לֹ֣א נִרְכָּ֔ב וְ לֹא ־נֹ֥אמַר עֹ֛וד אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ...
THE FINAL ARGUMENT Hosea 12:1 - Hosea 14:1 THE impassioned call with which the last chapter closed was by no means an assurance of salvation: "How am I to give thee, up, Ephraim? how am I to let the...
“I WILL HEAL THEIR BACKSLIDING” Hosea 13:15-16; Hosea 14:1-9 The prophet here ransacks the world of nature for phrases sufficiently expressive of his transports of joy. The whole world seems laid un...
The cycle closes with the final call of the prophet, and the promise of Jehovah. The call was to the people to return, because by iniquity they had fallen. The method suggested was to bring the words...
Asshur shall (d) 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. (d) We will forsake all...
_Words. In captivity, legal victims cannot be offered. (Calmet) --- But a contrite heart is always acceptable, Psalm l. --- Good. While engaged in sin, (Haydock) "we can offer thee nothing good." ---...
We may divide this Chapter into three grand parts. The first, in which the Holy Ghost points out to Israel his fall, and shows what method he is to take in seeking to the Lord for a recovery. The seco...
The rest of the prophecy consists of the indignant appeals of the Holy Spirit to conscience because of the increasing evils of Israel not so much the judgment of God on a grand scale, and His grace at...
_THE ORPHAN’S GOD_ ‘The fatherless findeth mercy.’ Hosea 14:3 This description of the pity and benignity of God is literally true. And the literal truth is suggestive of a wider sense in which the...
XIII. CONCLUSION A. And we will close with the Lord's desire for Israel and within these verse is also His desire for all of his children 1. Hosea 14:1-9 (NASB) Return, O Israel, to the Lord your Go...
This verse ought to be joined with the last, as the Israelites show here more clearly and fully in what they had sinned, and, at the same time, give proof of their repentance; for when they say, _The...
Chapter 14. It is this last work that we find in chapter 14 of the prophet. Israel, returning to Jehovah, acknowledges his iniquity, and addresses himself to the grace of his God. Thus only could he r...
ASHUR SHALL NOT SAVE US,.... This is still a continuation of the words repenting and returning Israel are directed to make use of before the Lord, declaring they would not do any more as they had done...
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. Ver. 3. _Asshur shall not s...
_Asshur shall not save us_ We will not rely on Assyria for protection and help. The Israelites frequently sought the alliance of the Assyrians, and are often reproved by the prophets for so doing. _We...
A FINAL EXHORTATION TO RETURN, WITH A PROMISE OF REDEMPTION. After having shown the apostate Israelites in various ways in what their guilt consisted, the Lord here once more appeals to them to retur...
1-3 Israel is exhorted to return unto Jehovah, from their sins and idols, by faith in his mercy, and grace through the promised Redeemer, and by diligently attending on his worship and service. Take...
ASSHUR SHALL NOT SAVE US: it had been one great sin of Israel that they did trust to an arm of flesh; Asshur is particularly named, for that he was the last with whom they made a covenant fairly, or a...
Hosea 14:3 Assyria H804 save H3467 (H8686) ride H7392 (H8799) horses H5483 say H559 (H8799) work H4639 hands H3027 gods H430 fatherless H3490 mercy H7355 (H8792) Asshur - Hosea 5:13, Hosea 7:11,...
ISRAEL ARE CALLED ON TO RETURN TO YHWH WITH THE ASSURANCE THAT WHEN THEY DO SO YHWH WILL RESTORE THEM AND LOVE THEM FREELY, AND THEY THEN LEARN OF ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT HE HAS IN STORE FOR THEM AS...
According to the heading of this chapter, we have here «an exhortation to repentance,» and «a promise of God's blessing.» Hosea 14:1. _O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by...
CONTENTS: Entreaty and promise to Israel. Restoration foretold. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Though backslidings from God are dangerous diseases of the soul, yet they are not incurable, for God grac...
Hosea 14:2. _So will we render the calves of our lips._ The fruit of our lips, in worship, in praise, and in all holy obedience. The sacrifices of thanksgiving are pleasing to God. Hosea 14:3. _In th...
_Asshur shall not save us._ GIVING UP OUR VAIN CONFIDENCES It is a great point of wisdom to take advantages with the stream of our temper to praise God. It is one branch of redeeming the time, to obs...
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 = docume...
CRITICAL NOTES.] The guilt of the sinful nation and the punishment awaiting have been described: now there is a call to conversion, and a promise that God will bless abundantly. HOSEA 14:1. RETURN] H...
EXPOSITION HOSEA 14:1 The foregoing part of this book abounds with denunciations of punishment; this closing chapter superabounds with promises of pardon. Wave after wave of threatened wrath had roll...
Chapter 14 ends God's plea with the people. His arms are always open; He's always ready to forgive. O Israel, [God said,] return unto the LORD thy God (Hsa Hosea 14:1); You've gone away, you've turn...
2 Chronicles 16:7; Deuteronomy 17:16; Exodus 22:22; Ezekiel 36:25; Ezekiel 37:23; Ezekiel 43:7; Hosea 12:1; Hosea 5:13; Hosea 7:11; Hosea 8
The fatherless — All that are destitute of strength in themselves, and destitute of help from others; all that being sensible of their own helpless condition, look for it from God, who hath power, mer...