Hosea 14:8.
This passage is in very vivid contrast to what Ephraim had previously said, as it is recorded in the early part of Hosea’s prophecy. If you turn to the second chapter, and the fifth verse, you will find this same Ephraim saying, “I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and [...]
“I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow [...]
“I will love them freely.”—Hosea 14:4.
This sentence is a body of divinity in miniature. He who understands its meaning is a theologian, and he who can dive into its fullness is a true Master in divinity. “I will love them freely,” is a condensation of the glorious message of salvation which was delivered to us [...]
“O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thing iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. Asshur shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses: [...]
“I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes.”—Hosea 12:10.
When the Lord would win his people Israel from their iniquities, he did not leave a stone unturned, but gave them precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little. He taught them sometimes with a rod in his hand, when he smote them [...]
“I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man.”—Hosea 11:9.
The Lord, speaking of himself as “God, and not man,” mentions as the special point in which he is above and beyond man, that he has greater grace, greater long-suffering, and greater willingness to forgive: “I will not return to destroy [...]
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“I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms.”—Hosea 11:3.
If you note well the opening part of this chapter, you will find that it consists of a wonderful chain of mercies; every one single line is a rare jewel, and the whole passage is a casket unspeakably precious. The chapter begins with love; [...]
“Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty.”—Hosea 10:2.
This passage may be taken as referring to the people of Israel as a nation, and it is not less applicable to the church of God. It is one grand and grievous fault with the church of Christ at the present day, that it is [...]
“I have written to him the great things of my law; but they were
counted as a strange thing.”–Hosea 8:12
This is God’s complaint against Ephraim. It is no mean proof of his
goodness, that he stoops to rebuke [...]
“Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten and he will bind us up. After two days he will revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.”—Hosea 6:1-2.
Tender fathers seek first to will [...]
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“I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.” — Hosea 5:15
Subject: That ’tis God’s manner to make men sensible of their misery and unworthiness, before he appears in his mercy and love to them.
In [...]
“And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there,
as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.” — Hosea 2:15
In the context, the church of Israel [...]
“For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and
multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and
my wine in the [...]
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