Hosea 14:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. ”

Hosea 14:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O Israel, return - (now, quite) unto the Lord your God The heavy and scarcely interrupted tide of denunciation is now past. Billow upon billow have rolled over Ephraim and the last wave discharge...
Hosea 14:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

O Israel, (a) return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. (a) He exhorts them to repentance to avoid all these plagues, exhorting them to declare by words their obedience a...
Hosea 14:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 14:1-9 (Heb. Hosea 14:2-9 ). Israel's Repentance and Yahweh's Forgiveness. The section begins with a passionate appeal to Israel to repent and confess his sin ( Hosea 14:1 f.). A promis...
Hosea 14:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

return. Compare Hosea 12:6 ; Joel 2:13 . unto . quite up to. Hebrew. ad . not merely "toward", which would be. el . for. Compare Hosea 13:9 . iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44. Some co...
Hosea 14:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here the Prophet exhorts the Israelites to repentance, and still propounds some hope of mercy. But this may seem inconsistent as he had already testified that there would be no remedy any more,...
Hosea 14:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1175 DIRECTIONS FOR AN ACCEPTABLE APPROACH TO GOD Hosea 14:1-3 . O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord:...
Hosea 14:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. O Israel, return unto the Lord - These words may be considered as addressed to the people now in captivity; suffering m...
Hosea 14:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity - ( Hosea 5:5 ; Hosea 13:9 , "O...
Hosea 14:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Israel will Surely Repent and be Forgiven Hosea makes a touching final appeal for repentance. He assures Israel of God's mercy, and closes with a description of the blessings that will follow the...
Hosea 14:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XIV. (1) Thy. — Tenderness and inextinguishable love are suggested by the use of the pronoun. “Repentance (say the Rabbis) presses right up to the Eternal Throne.”
Hosea 14:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE FINAL ARGUMENT Hosea 12:1-14 - Hosea 14:1 THE impassioned call with which the last chapter closed was by no means an assurance of salvation: "How am I to give thee, up, Ephraim? how am I...
Hosea 14:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“I Will Heal Their Backsliding” Hosea 13:15-16 ; Hosea 14:1-9 The prophet here ransacks the world of nature for phrases sufficiently expressive of his transports of joy. The whole world seems...
Hosea 14:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The cycle closes with the final call of the prophet, and the promise of Jehovah. The call was to the people to return, because by iniquity they had fallen. The method suggested was to bring the words...
Hosea 14:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS In this Chapter the man of God closeth his prophecy, in the sweetest and tenderest expressions of the Lord's grace and mercy. Israel is shown his fall by nature; and the richest promises fo...
Hosea 14:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

COME BACK! COME BACK! Hosea 14:1 All sin is departing from God. Holiness is living near to God. The first thing a sinner has got to do is to return. Repentance is returning to God. How is a s...
Hosea 14:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God ,.... From whom they had revolted and backslidden; whose worship and service they had forsaken, and whose word and ordinances they had slighted and neglected,...
Hosea 14:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Ver. 1. O Israel, return unto the Lord ] Usque ad Dominum, all the way to God, as far as to the Lord: give not the...
Hosea 14:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God O Israel, return now at length, after thou hast suffered so many evils, to the Lord by true repentance and reformation of conduct. The whole family of Israel,...
Hosea 14:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Penitents Encouraged. B. C. 720. 1 O Israel, return unto the L ORD thy God; for thou ha...
Hosea 14:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

HOSEA CHAPTER 14 An exhortation to repentance, Hosea 14:1-3 . A promise of God's blessing, Hosea 14:4-9 . O Israel, you that are the true Israel of God, you that are the remnant amidst so g...
Hosea 14:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘O Israel, return to YHWH your God, for you have fallen by your iniquity.' Hosea's initial call is for Israel to return to YHWH their God from the iniquity (inherent wickedness, total disloyalty) in...
Hosea 14:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] The guilt of the sinful nation and the punishment awaiting have been described: now there is a call to conversion, and a promise that God will bless abundantly. Hosea 14:1 . Re...
Hosea 14:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Hosea 14:1 While the freeness of God's mercy is the leading idea suggested by these words, it is not the only one; on the contrary, the condition of our nature is accurately expressed, as is the m...
Hosea 14:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

According to the heading of this chapter, we have here «an exhortation to repentance,» and «a promise of God's blessing.» Hosea 14:1 . O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen...
Hosea 14:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 14:2 . So will we render the calves of our lips. The fruit of our lips, in worship, in praise, and in all holy obedience. The sacrifices of thanksgiving are pleasing to God. Hosea 14:3 ....
Hosea 14:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God. Man’s evil estate, and hope of deliverance While the freeness of God’s mercy is the leading idea suggested by the text, it is not the only one: the condi...
Hosea 14:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Hosea 14:1 The foregoing part of this book abounds with denunciations of punishment; this closing chapter superabounds with promises of pardon. Wave after wave of threatened wrat...
Hosea 14:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

O Israel, return unto the Lord, thy God, to the God of the Messianic covenant; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity, but there is still a possibility of returning.
Hosea 14:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 7:3 ; 1 Samuel 7:4 ; 2 Chronicles 30:6-9 ; Acts 26:18-20 ; Ezekiel 28:14-16 ; Hosea 12:6 ; Hosea 13:9 ; Hosea 6:1 ; Isaiah 55:6 ; Isaiah 55:7 ; Jeremiah 2:19 ; Jeremiah 3:12-14 ;...
Hosea 14:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Fallen — Thy sins have involved thee in endless troubles.

Hosea 14:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 14:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hosea 14:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 14:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 14:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 14:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Hosea 14:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 14:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 14:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 14:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 14:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 14:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 14:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 14:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 14:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 14:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 14:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 14:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 14:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 14:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 14:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 14:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 14:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Hosea 14:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hosea 14:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 14:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hosea 14:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 14:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 14:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 14:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes