Hosea 14:3

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Asshur	אַשּׁ֣וּר 'a.Shur	H804	Ashshur · proper noun, a place name
save	יוֹשִׁיעֵ֗נוּ yo.shi.'E.nu	H3467	properly · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
ride	נִרְכָּ֔ב nir.Kav	H7392	to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle) · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common plural
horses	סוּס֙ sus	H5483	a horse (as leaping) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
say	נֹ֥אמַר No.mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common plural
work	לְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה le.ma.'a.Seh	H4639	an action (good or bad) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
hands	יָדֵ֑ינוּ ya.Dei.nu	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders dual construct + pronominal suffix
gods	אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ 'e.lo.Hei.nu	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
fatherless	יָתֽוֹם ya.Tom	H3490	a bereaved person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
mercy	יְרֻחַ֥ם ye.ru.Cham	H7355	to fondle · verb, pual imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 10:14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the h…
Psalms 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Isaiah 31:1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they…
John 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Psalms 33:17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
Isaiah 30:16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue y…
Hosea 2:17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
Hosea 5:13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 14:1-3

Here we have, I. A kind invitation given to sinners to repent, Hos 14:1. It is directed to Israel, God's professing people. They are called to return. Note, Conversion must be preached even to those that are within the pale of the church as well as to heathen. "Thou are Israel, and therefore art bound to thy God in duty, gratitude, and interest; thy revolt from him is so much the more heinous, and thy return to him so much the more necessary." Let Israel see, 1. What work he has made for repentance: "Thou has fallen by thy iniquity." Thou has stumbled; so some read it. Their idols were their stumbling-blocks. "Thou has fallen from God into sin, fallen off from all good, fallen down under the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 14:3

Three besetting sins of Israel are here renounced, trust in Assyria, application to Egypt for its cavalry (forbidden, Deu 17:16; compare Hos 7:11; Hos 11:5; Hos 12:1; Kg2 17:4; Psa 33:17; Isa 30:2, Isa 30:16; Isa 31:1), and idolatry. fatherless--descriptive of the destitute state of Israel, when severed from God, their true Father. We shall henceforth trust in none but Thee, the only Father of the fatherless, and Helper of the destitute (Psa 10:14; Psa 68:5); our nation has experienced Thee such in our helpless state in Egypt, and now in a like state again our only hope is Thy goodness.

Adam Clarke on Hosea 14:2

Take with you words - And you may be assured that you pray aright, when you use the words which God himself has put in your mouths. On this very ground there is a potency in the Lord's Prayer, when offered up believingly, beyond what can be found in any human composition. And it may be presumed that it was this consideration that induced our reformers to introduce it so frequently in the public liturgy. See the order of God's directions here: - 1. Hearing these merciful invitations, believe them to be true. 2. Cast aside your idols; and return to God as your Maker, King, and Savior. 3. Take with you the words by which you have been encouraged, and plead them before God. 4. Remember your ini…

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The Church Fathers

Do not be surprised that I view the people of the old covenant as pitiable and woeful. When so many blessings from heaven came into their hands, they thrust them aside and were at great pains to reject them. The morning Sun of justice arose for them, but they thrust aside its rays and still sit in darkness. We [the Gentiles], who were nurtured by darkness, drew the light to ourselves and were freed from the gloom of error. They were the branches of that holy root, but those branches were broken. We had no share in the root, but we did reap the fruit of godliness. From their childhood they read the prophets, but they crucified him whom the prophets had foretold. We did not hear the divine prophecies, but we did worship him of whom they prophesied. And so they are pitiful because they rejected the blessings that were sent to them, while others seized hold of these blessings and drew them to themselves. Although they had been called to the adoption of sons, they fell to kinship with dogs; we who were dogs received the strength, through God's grace, to put aside the irrational nature that was ours and to rise to the honor of sons.
— John Chrysostom, DISCOURSES AGAINST JUDAIZING CHRISTIANS 1:2.1

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Assyria · Called: Asshur — Called: Asshur
Confidence · FALSE — FALSE
Fatherless · Find mercy in God — Find mercy in God
Horse · Israel reproved for keeping — Israel reproved for keeping
Horse, The · The Jews: Not to trust in — The Jews: Not to trust in
Mercy Of God, The · Manifested: To the fatherless — Manifested: To the fatherless
Orphan · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Repentance · Exhortation to — Exhortation to

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Hosea 14:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 14:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 14:3

Adam Clarke on Hosea 14:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Hosea 14:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 14:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 14:3

Adam Clarke on Hosea 14:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Hosea 14:3

John Calvin on Hosea 14:3

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Hosea 14:3

Rashi on Hosea 14:3