Hosea 14:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ His branches shall spread,c and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. ”

Hosea 14:6 - 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 14:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

his smell . his fragrance, or be fragrant, like.
Hosea 14:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet goes on with the same subject, but joins the beginning of the first verse with the second clause of the former verse. He had said that the roots of the people would be deep when God...
Hosea 14:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1177 THE FRUITS OF GOD’S FAVOUR Hosea 14:5-7 . 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 bea...
Hosea 14:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Hosea 14:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I will be as the dew, &c.— These verses contain gracious promises of God's favour upon Israel's conversion, represented by different metaphors. In the fifth verse, it is described by that refre...
Hosea 14:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. His branches shall spread - shoots, or suckers. And his beauty shall be as the olive - whic...
Hosea 14:6 - 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 14:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As the Dew. — For this imagery see Psalms 130:3 . Properly it is “a copious mist, shedding small invisible rain, that comes in rich abundance every night in the hot weather, when west or north-wes...
Hosea 14:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2. THE LAST JUDGMENT Hosea 13:1-16 - Hosea 14:1 The crisis draws on. On the one hand Israel's sin, accumulating, bulks ripe for judgment. On the other the times grow more fatal, or the proph...
Hosea 14:6 - 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 14:6 - 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 14:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here we have the second division of the Chapter, in a Cluster of the richest promises. Reader! contemplate the Lord Jesus in all these precious things, (for He is the speaker), and oh! for grace, tha...
Hosea 14:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘I WILL BE AS THE DEW UNTO ISRAEL’ ‘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 oliv...
Hosea 14:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

His branches shall spread ,.... As the well rooted cedars in Lebanon; see Numbers 24:6 . This respects the propagation of the church of God, and the interest of Christ in the world, as in the first...
Hosea 14:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. Ver. 6. His branches shall spread ] Heb. shall walk, or expatiate; shall reach out, and stretch th...
Hosea 14:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will be as the dew unto Israel These verses contain gracious promises of God's favour, and of blessings upon Israel's conversion, represented by different metaphors. These are first described by...
Hosea 14:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Assurance of Mercy; Repentance of Ephraim. B. C. 720. 4 I will heal their backsliding,...
Hosea 14:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

His branches, his tenderest branches which are new sprung out, shall gather strength, not be broken off, but by these shall they multiply in number of boughs. Shall spread; grow great and beautif...
Hosea 14:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Israel Are Called On To Return To YHWH With The Assurance That When They Do So YHWH Will Restore Them And Love Them Freely, And They Then Learn Of All The Good Things That He Has In Store For Them A...
Hosea 14:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Hosea 14:5 .] This love will be manifest in great blessings. Dew ] Not the early, but constant, refreshing, and enlivening dew (ch. Hosea 6:3-4 ; Proverbs 19:12 ; Job 29:1...
Hosea 14:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Hosea 14:5-6 I God begins: "I will be as the dew unto Israel." Of dew we may notice several things. (1) It is beautiful and glistening; but the process by which it is formed, and the way by which...
Hosea 14:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hosea 14:1 . O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Come back, poor wanderer! My brother or my sister, if your heart has grown cold toward your Lord and...
Hosea 14:6 - 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 14:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

I will be as the dew unto Israel. Divine relationship and human responsiveness Through the picturesque forms and utterances of Hebrew prophecy there breaks a very deep and generous sympathy wit...
Hosea 14:6 - 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 14:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Final Exhortation to Return, with a Promise of Redemption. After having shown the apostate Israelites in various ways in what their guilt consisted, the Lord here once more appeals to them to re...
Hosea 14:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 2:14 ; 2 Corinthians 2:15 ; Daniel 4:10-15 ; Ezekiel 17:5-8 ; Ezekiel 31:3-10 ; Genesis 27:27 ; John 15:1 ; Matthew 13:31 ; Philippians 4:18 ; Psalms 128:3 ; Psalms 52:8 ; P...
Hosea 14:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

His branches — His branches which are new sprung out, shall gather strength, and shall multiply in number. The olive — tree — Which retains its verdure all the winter and is rich in fruit; so the t...

Hosea 14:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 14:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 14:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 14:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Hosea 14:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 14:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hosea 14:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 14:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 14:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 14:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 14:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 14:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 14:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 14:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 14:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 14:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 14:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 14:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 14:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 14:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 14:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 14:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Hosea 14:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hosea 14:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 14:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hosea 14:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 14:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 14:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 14:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes