Hosea 14:1, An exhortation to repentance; Hosea 14:4, A promise of God’s blessing.
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Hosea 14
Hosea 14 — Overview
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Hosea 14 — OverviewHosea 14 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe strain of this chapter differs from that of the foregoing chapters.
Those were generally made up of reproofs for sin and threatenings of
wrath; but this is made up of exhortations to repentance and promises…Hosea 14 — OverviewHosea 14 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter concludes the book, with gracious promises to repenting sinners, to returning backsliders. It begins with an exhortation to Israel to return to the Lord, seeing he was their God, and they had fallen by sin…Hosea 14:1-3Hosea 14:1-3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere we have,
I. A kind invitation given to sinners to repent, v. 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…Hosea 14:1Hosea 14:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe foregoing part of this book abounds with denunciations of punishment; this closing chapter superabounds with promises of pardon. Wave after wave of threatened wrath had rolled over Israel and come in unto their…Hosea 14:1-3Hosea 14:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe fallen invited to return.
The history of Israel is the moral history of the world, at least in miniature.
I. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. The history of Israel repeats itself in the history of mankind in general. Their…Hosea 14:1-3Hosea 14:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentaryReturn to God: its beginnings.
The long and terrible storm of denunciation is now at last over; the wrath-clouds roll away, and the sunshine of the Divine love bursts forth with healing in its wings. Beyond all the…