Hosea 14:8

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Ephraim	אֶפְרַ֕יִם 'ef.Ra.yim	H669	Ephrajim · proper noun, a man's name
idols	לָֽעֲצַבִּ֑ים la.'a.tza.Bim	H6091	an (idolatrous) image · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
heard	עָנִ֣יתִי 'a.Ni.ti	H6030	properly · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
observed	וַאֲשׁוּרֶ֗נּוּ va.'a.shu.Re.nu	H7789	to spy out · conjunction + verb, qal, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
green	רַֽעֲנָ֔ן ra.'a.Nan	H7488	verdant · adjective, masculine singular absolute
tree	כִּבְר֣וֹשׁ kiv.Ro.osh	H1265	a cypress (?) tree · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
fruit	פֶּרְיְךָ֥ per.ye.Kha	H6529	fruit (literally or figuratively) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
found	נִמְצָֽא nim.Tza'	H4672	properly · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Job 34:32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shado…
Isaiah 41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the…
Isaiah 55:13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a n…
Luke 15:20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his…
Philippians 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
1 Peter 4:3-4 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wi…
Job 33:27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 14:8–end

Let us now hear the conclusion of the whole matter. I. Concerning Ephraim; he is spoken of and spoken to, Hos 14:8. Here we have, 1. His repentance and reformation: Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? As some read it, God here reasons and argues with him, why he should renounce idolatry: "O Ephraim! what to me and idols? What concord or agreement can there be between me and idols? What communion between light and darkness, between Christ and Belial? Co2 6:14, Co2 6:15. Therefore thou must break off thy league with them if thou wilt come into covenant with me." As we read it, God promises to bring Ephraim and keep him to this: Ephraim shall say, God will put it into his…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 14:8

Ephraim shall say--being brought to penitence by God's goodness, and confessing and abhorring his past madness. I have heard . . . and observed him--I Jehovah have answered and regarded him with favor; the opposite of God's "hiding His face from" one (Deu 31:17). It is the experience of God's favor, in contrast to God's wrath heretofore, that leads Ephraim to abhor his past idolatry. Jehovah heard and answered: whereas the idols, as Ephraim now sees, could not hear, much less answer. I am . . . a green fir--or cypress; ever green, winter and summer alike; the leaves not falling off in winter. From me is thy fruit found--"From Me," as the root. Thou needest go no farther than Me for the…

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Adam Clarke on Hosea 14:8

What have I to do any more with idols? - The conversion of Ephraim is now as complete as if was sincere. God hears and observes this. I am like a green fir tree - Perhaps these words should be joined to the preceding, as Newcome has done, and be a part of God's speech to Ephraim. "I have heard him; and I have seen him as a flourishing fir tree." He is become strong and vigorous; and from his present appearance of healthiness, his future increase and prosperity may be safely anticipated. From me is thy fruit found - All thy goodness springs from the principle of grace which I have planted in thy soul; for as the earth cannot bring forth fruit without the blessing of God, sending the dews and…

The Church Fathers

Holy people have never testified that they attained by their effort the right path to travel on as they made their way to the increase and perfection of virtue. Rather they would plead to the Lord and say, "Direct me in your truth," and, "Direct my way in your sight." Another one declares that it is not by faith alone but also by experience and, as it were, in the very nature of things that he has seized upon this, [saying], "I have known, O Lord, that a person's way is not in him, nor is it in a man to walk and to direct his own steps." And the Lord himself says to Israel, "I will direct him like a green fir tree; from me your fruit has been found."
— John Cassian, CONFERENCE 3:13.1

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Dictionary and topics

Fir — The uniform rendering in the Authorized Version (marg. R.V., “cypress”) of berosh (2 Sam. 6:5; 1 Kings 5:8, 10; 6:15, 34; 9:11, etc.), a lofty tree (Isa. 55:13) growing on Lebanon (37:24). Its wood…
Israel, Prophecies Concerning · .Of restoration — .Of restoration

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 14:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 14:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 14:8

Adam Clarke on Hosea 14:8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Hosea 14:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 14:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 14:8

Adam Clarke on Hosea 14:8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Hosea 14:8

John Calvin on Hosea 14:8

Keil & Delitzsch on Hosea 14:4-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Hosea 14:8

Rashi on Hosea 14:8