Book of hosea 14 5-7

The beautiful pictures of repentant israel as a lily and an olive tree. I will be as the dew unto israel on these metaphors i gladly avail myself of the elegant and just observations of bp. On metaphors and similes in the book of hosea, journal of northwest semitic languages 14 1988. The northern ten tribes of israel were completely apostate, and judah was in the process of backsliding. Hosea 5, new king james version nkjv the bible app. The imagery of hoseas family and the restoration of israel. I had never expected from such a prickly shrub to gather so fair a flower, so sweet a fruit. You must be logged in to view your newly purchased content. Perhaps some allusion is made to the syroephraimite war of 735734 b. The book of hosea is an unusually powerful book, because the prophet ministered out of his deep personal emotions. Hosea 14 real wisdom turns israel back to the lord. Verses 57 describe the agricultural signs of gods blessings cf. Nonetheless, in keeping with inspired restoration prophecies found in the book of hosea, a remnant of the people of judah and israel were gathered together and emerged from the land of exile, babylonia, in 537 b. World wide study bible hosea 14 christian classics.

But this too closes the prophecy with the warning, that righteous as are the ways of god, the transgressors should stumble in them. He shall 2 grow like the lily, and 3 lengthen his roots like lebanon. His splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of lebanon. The book of hosea was originally given as a series of prophecies between 755 and 722 bce during the waning years of the northern kingdom before their deportation to assyria.

Hosea 5, new international version niv the bible app. Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips. He will blossom like the b lily, and he will 1 take root like the cedars of c lebanon. The book of hosea is the first of the minor prophets and the twentyeighth book in the bible. Youll get this book and many others when you join bible gateway plus. Bible commentary on the book of hosea, chapter 14, by dr. The minor prophetic books are no less important than the others, but get their names because of their length they are all shorter than the other prophetic books.

This underscores the fact that although hoseas prophecies display a rich mine of images and literary features e. Return, o israel, to the l ord your god, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. In the fifth verse, it is described by that refreshment which copious dews give to the grass in summer. Hosea 14 commentary matthew henry commentary on the.

Representative of the theme of the book, hoseas epilogue concludes the prophecy by presenting the reader with two ways of living deut. Hosea 14 niv bible return, israel, to the lord your. Like other prophetic books, hosea issued a call to repentance. Now shall a month devour them in a month s time the king of assyria shall be upon them, and oblige them to purchase their lives and liberties by a grievous tax of fifty shekels per head. They shall be revived like grain, and 5 grow like a vine. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as lebanon. The book of hosea contains a remarkable variety of metaphors for god and human beings. The book is clearly written by hosea during the days jeroboam ii king of israel. This is a wonderful chapter to be at the end of such a book. Then the remnant of jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the lord, like showers on the grass, which do not. God can choose not to exercise my fierce anger precisely because god is god and no mortal, the holy one in your midst hosea 11.

Hosea 14 return, o israel, to the lord your god, for your sins have brought you down. Verses 5 7 describe the agricultural signs of gods blessings cf. Access the niv cultural backgrounds study bible notes when you upgrade to bible gateway plus. Hosea 14 is the fourteenth chapter of the book of hosea in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible. Yehudah kiel daat mikra points out that hosea concludes his message with a summarization of exhortations found in the bible. The theme of the first becomes the constantly recurring refrain in the second. The last chapter alone is one of almost unmingled brightness. This document has been generated from xsl extensible stylesheet language source with renderx xep formatter, version 3.

Jesus going to egypt to being delivered from herod israel gods son ex. Like a cedar of lebanon he will send down his roots. Israels alternative to destruction was to forsake her idols and return to the lord chs. His intellectual appeals to the israelites in his day, and to us in ours, arose out of great personal tragedy in his own life. Those were generally made up of reproofs for sin and threatenings of wrath. This is a gracious promise to a penitent and returning people. This menahem, king of israel, gave to pul, king of assyria, ii kings 15. The strain of this chapter differs from that of the foregoing chapters.

Metaphors and similes in the book of hosea, journal of northwest semitic languages 14 1988. Hoseas days were likely around 760 to 725 bc the dates that the kings of israel and judah occupy as listed at hosea 1. Hosea 14 repentance to bring blessing bible gateway. In addition to the marriage metaphor that dominates hosea, many less developed metaphors appear throughout hosea 4 14. Israels unfaithfulness to the covenant relation with yahweh. There are two unequal sections in the book of hosea, composed of chapters and 414. Although the threat of judgment returns in subsequent chapters in hosea, gods compassion has the final word in. The book of hosea stands first in the division of the bible called the book of the twelve in the apocrypha cf. He appeals to all readers to be wise, to choose the lords way, for his ways are right compare psalm 107. Hosea the book of hosea the king james version old.