The imagery of hoseas family and the restoration of israel. Israels unfaithfulness to the covenant relation with yahweh. 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. This is a gracious promise to a penitent and returning people. He shall 2 grow like the lily, and 3 lengthen his roots like lebanon. A survey through the book of hosea chapters 1114 by pastor john miller taught at calvary chapel san bernardino from june to august 1999. Return, o israel, to the l ord your god, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
Bible commentary on the book of hosea, chapter 14, by dr. They shall be revived like grain, and 5 grow like a vine. Hosea 14 repentance to bring blessing bible gateway. There are two unequal sections in the book of hosea, composed of chapters and 414. I will be as the dew unto israel on these metaphors i gladly avail myself of the elegant and just observations of bp. The book of hosea stands first in the division of the bible called the book of the twelve in the apocrypha cf. Verses 57 describe the agricultural signs of gods blessings cf. Verses 5 7 describe the agricultural signs of gods blessings cf. The strain of this chapter differs from that of the foregoing chapters. World wide study bible hosea 14 christian classics. 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. This menahem, king of israel, gave to pul, king of assyria, ii kings 15. Hosea 14 is the fourteenth chapter of the book of hosea in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible. 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.
The book of hosea is an unusually powerful book, because the prophet ministered out of his deep personal emotions. Hosea 5, new king james version nkjv the bible app. He appeals to all readers to be wise, to choose the lords way, for his ways are right compare psalm 107. The book closes with a description of the day that is coming when israel and judah, at the verge of destruction because of iniquity, will return unto the lord and experience his healing hosea 14. Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips. He will blossom like the lily,and he will take root like the cedars of lebanon. Like a cedar of lebanon he will send down his roots. Hosea 14 niv bible return, israel, to the lord your. This document has been generated from xsl extensible stylesheet language source with renderx xep formatter, version 3. Metaphors and similes in the book of hosea, journal of northwest semitic languages 14 1988. The book of hosea is the first of the minor prophets and the twentyeighth book in the bible.
This is a wonderful chapter to be at the end of such a book. Those were generally made up of reproofs for sin and threatenings of wrath. You must be logged in to view your newly purchased content. The theme of the first becomes the constantly recurring refrain in the second. I had never expected from such a prickly shrub to gather so fair a flower, so sweet a fruit. Content negative critics are usually content to let most of the book to stand as a unit and concede a historical background for the information given. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as lebanon. 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 real wisdom turns israel back to the lord.
Youll get this book and many others when you join bible gateway plus. Before you attempt to answer the questions below you should read these chapters in the bible and answer the questions at the end of each chapter found at the website answer the questions below and then click ok to send your answers. Israels alternative to destruction was to forsake her idols and return to the lord chs. Hosea 14 return, o israel, to the lord your god, for your sins have brought you down. Hoseas days were likely around 760 to 725 bc the dates that the kings of israel and judah occupy as listed at hosea 1. The bible hosea, first of the minor prophetic books.
Hosea the book of hosea the king james version old. World wide study bible hosea 14 christian classics ethereal. The tragedy which hosea experienced in his own marriage becomes a paradigm of the national experience, and as. But this too closes the prophecy with the warning, that righteous as are the ways of god, the transgressors should stumble in them. Perhaps some allusion is made to the syroephraimite war of 735734 b. 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. On metaphors and similes in the book of hosea, journal of northwest semitic languages 14 1988. The last chapter alone is one of almost unmingled brightness. Jesus going to egypt to being delivered from herod israel gods son ex. This underscores the fact that although hoseas prophecies display a rich mine of images and literary features e. The northern ten tribes of israel were completely apostate, and judah was in the process of backsliding. In the fifth verse, it is described by that refreshment which copious dews give to the grass in summer.
The beautiful pictures of repentant israel as a lily and an olive tree. The piercing eye of god saw secret liking and disposition to sin, the love the house of israel had to. His intellectual appeals to the israelites in his day, and to us in ours, arose out of great personal tragedy in his own life. 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. Yehudah kiel daat mikra points out that hosea concludes his message with a summarization of exhortations found in the bible. Representative of the theme of the book, hoseas epilogue concludes the prophecy by presenting the reader with two ways of living deut. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree.
The book of hosea contains a remarkable variety of metaphors for god and human beings. His splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of lebanon. In addition to the marriage metaphor that dominates hosea, many less developed metaphors appear throughout hosea 4 14. Hosea 14 commentary matthew henry commentary on the. Hosea 5, new international version niv the bible app. Access the niv cultural backgrounds study bible notes when you upgrade to bible gateway plus. Instead of month, some translate the original locust. Like other prophetic books, hosea issued a call to repentance. He will blossom like the b lily, and he will 1 take root like the cedars of c lebanon. The book is clearly written by hosea during the days jeroboam ii king of israel. Although the threat of judgment returns in subsequent chapters in hosea, gods compassion has the final word in.
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