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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 14:4-7

We have here an answer of peace to the prayers of returning Israel. They seek God's face, and they shall not seek in vain. God will be sure to meet those in a way of mercy who return to him in a way of duty. If we speak to God in good prayers, God will speak to us in good promises, as he answered the angel with good words and comfortable words, Zech. 1:13. If we take with us the foregoing words in our coming to God, we may take home with us these following words for our faith to feast upon;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 14:4

I will heal their backslidings ,.... This and what follows is the Lord's answer to the above prayer; and this clause particularly is an answer to that petition, "take away all iniquity", Hosea 14:2 ; sins are diseases, natural and hereditary, nauseous and loathsome, mortal, and incurable but by the grace of God, and blood of Christ; backslidings are relapses, which are dangerous things; Christ is the only Physician, who heals all the diseases of sin, and these relapses also; he will do it,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 14:4

I will heal their backsliding - Here is the answer of God to these prayers and resolutions. See its parts: - Ye have backslidden and fallen, and are grievously and mortally wounded by that fall; but I, who am the Author of life, and who redeem from death, will heal all these wounds and spiritual diseases. I will love them freely - נדבה nedabah , after a liberal, princely manner. I will love them so as to do them incessant good. It shall not be a love of affection merely, but shall... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 14:4

Verse 4 God here confirms what we have observed respecting his gratuitous reconciliation, nor is the repetition useless; for as men are disposed to entertain vain and false hopes, so nothing is more difficult than to preserve them in dependence on the one God, and to pacify their minds, so that they disturb not nor fret themselves, as experience teaches us all. For when we embrace the promises of free pardon, our flesh ever leads us to distrust, and we become harassed by various fancies. “What!... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 14:1-7

Repentance, or reformation. "O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God," etc. "After the prophet has set before the sinful nation in various ways its own guilt, and the punishment that awaits it, viz. the destruction of the kingdom, he concludes his addresses with a call to thorough conversion to the Lord, and the promise that the Lord will bestow his grace once more upon those who turn to him, and will bless them abundantly" (Delitzsch). The subject of these words is Repentance; or, the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 14:4

Gracious assurances. As the father was forward to meet and to welcome the returning prodigal, so our heavenly Father is ever anxious and ready to console and to restore the wandering sinner who repents, confesses, and deplores his transgressions, and casts himself upon Divine compassion. The assurances of this verse must have been comforting to Israel; they have been comforting to multitudes who have sought in the Word of God some consolation for their burdened and penitent spirits. I. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 14:4-5

Return to God: its immediate effects. So soon as Israel shall return to Jehovah and offer the foregoing words of self-condemning supplication ( Hosea 14:2 , Hosea 14:3 ), they shall receive a glad welcome from him "who delighteth in mercy," and who will not "keep his anger for ever." The first clauses of this answer of blessing remind us that there are three results of religious revival which begin to be experienced at once. These are "the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ," in the form of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 14:4-7

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. The penitential prayer put in the mouth of the people receives in this verse a gracious response; words of contrite confession are echoed back in accents of compassion and consolation. When thus penitent and prayerful they returned to the Lord, he promises them favor as well as forgiveness, so as to heal the moral malady under which they had long labored, remedy the evil effects of their apostasy,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 14:4-7

These verses describe the happy result of Israel's penitence and the merciful response to Israel's prayer. 1. The pardon sought is secured, and that for the greatest sin—that of backsliding, and so for all minor trespasses. The acceptance prayed for is presently and plentifully vouchsafed. The dark storm-cloud of God's wrath is dispersed and dispelled forever. 2. We next learn the fullness of God's forgiving love and his superabundant mercy to them that trust in him. By the most... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 14:4-8

God's response to the penitent. Israel's repentance will be followed by the turning away of God's anger, and by superabundant blessings. Figures are heaped on each other, and one figure is employed to fill in another, to set forth the fullness with which this blessing will descend. The prophecy, hitherto so dark and troubled, ends in heavenly peace. I. BACKSLIDING HEALED . ( Hosea 14:4 ) No time is lost in answering Israel's prayer. Forgiveness follows close upon return. So David... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 14:4-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 14:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 14:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 14:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 14:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 14:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 14:4-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 14:4-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 14:4-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 14:4-8

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