何西阿书 14:6-7 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 14:5-6

The bedewed Church. This is a description of the condition of a Church which has received the fulfillment of the promise, "I will be as the dew unto Israel." Its blessedness is so full and so varied in its manifestations that no one emblem would suffice to represent it. Hence the text is crowded with imagery. The bedewed Church has these characteristics. I. GROWTH . "He shall grow as the lily." 1. This presupposes life. A lifeless log would not grow, however rich the soil,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 14:5-7

National prosperity. The prospect of Israel's repentance and reformation fills the mind of the prophet with a happy exultation, and suggests imagery of the most beautiful and vivacious description. The poetical allusions crowd in upon his mind and flow from his pen with a harmonious prodigality. Reading this passage, we are transported in imagination into the scenes of verdure, fragrance, and fruitfulness, which furnished Hosea with the lively emblems of that national prosperity which he was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 14:5-8

Return to God: its ultimate results. These are like the effects of the dew of heaven upon garden and landscape. They are, in fact, the results of the Divine influence which God the Holy Spirit bestows upon returning penitents. The imagery of the passage is borrowed from the vegetable kingdom, and reminds us of that of the Song of Solomon. The prophet employs a combination of emblems—the lily, the cedar, the olive, the corn-field, the vineyard, because it requires them all to furnish an... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 14:7

They that dwell under his shadow - that is, the shadow of the restored Israel, who had just been described under the image of a magnificent tree uniting in itself all perfections. : “They that are under the shadow of the Church are together under the shadow of Christ the Head thereof, and also of God the Father.” The Jews, of old, explained it , “they shall dwell under the shadow of their Messias.” These, he says, “shall return,” i. e., they shall turn to be quite other than they had been, even... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 14:5-6

Hosea 14:5-6. 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 that refreshment which copious dews give to the grass in the heat of summer. And if we consider the nature of the climate, and the necessity of dews in so hot a country, not only to refresh, but likewise to preserve life; if we consider also the beauty of the oriental lilies, the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 14:7

Hosea 14:7. They that dwell under his shadow shall return “Not only was Israel to regain its former prosperity, but those smaller tribes of people that were connected with Israel, and shared in its depression, which are here described by dwelling under his shadow.” But many versions translate this clause, They shall return and dwell under his shadow. That is, they shall return to their own country, and rest safely under the protection of the Almighty. They shall revive as the corn They... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 14:1-9

14:1-9 GOD’S FORGIVING LOVEGod loves Israel in spite of its sin and rebellion, and he still desires the people’s repentance rather than their destruction. He even gives them the words of confession to use in asking his forgiveness. In this prayer they acknowledge their sin, and promise that they will no longer look to foreign nations for help. They will not worship man-made gods, but will trust entirely in God and his mercy (14:1-3).If they repent, God in his love will give them a spirit of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 14:6

his smell = his fragrance, or be fragrant, like. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 14:7

the scent thereof = his memory or remembrance [pleasant] as, &c. So the Septuagint wine. Hebrew. yayin. App-27 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 14:6

"His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.""The loveliest of figures are here employed to describe the consequences"[16] of union with the Lord Jesus Christ in the New Covenant. God's goodness will not merely forgive and restore, but also beautify .and make fruitful and fragrant the NeW Israel of God. read more