Hosea , Sarah Barry
YOUR FRUITFULNESS COMES FROM GOD
Passage: Hosea 14:1~9  
Key verse: 8b
Repentance to Bring Blessing14 [a]Return,(A) Israel, to the Lord your God.
Your sins(B) have been your downfall!(C)
2 Take words with you
and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
“Forgive(D) all our sins
and receive us graciously,(E)
that we may offer the fruit of our lips.[b](F)
3 Assyria cannot save us;(G)
we will not mount warhorses.(H)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’(I)
to what our own hands have made,(J)
for in you the fatherless(K) find compassion.”
4 “I will heal(L) their waywardness(M)
and love them freely,(N)
for my anger has turned away(O) from them.
5 I will be like the dew(P) to Israel;
he will blossom like a lily.(Q)
Like a cedar of Lebanon(R)
he will send down his roots;(S)
6 his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,(T)
his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.(U)
7 People will dwell again in his shade;(V)
they will flourish like the grain,
they will blossom(W) like the vine—
Israel’s fame will be like the wine(X) of Lebanon.(Y)
8 Ephraim, what more have I[c] to do with idols?(Z)
I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;(AA)
your fruitfulness comes from me.”
14 [a]Return,(A) Israel, to the Lord your God.
Your sins(B) have been your downfall!(C)
2 Take words with you
and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
“Forgive(D) all our sins
and receive us graciously,(E)
that we may offer the fruit of our lips.[b](F)
3 Assyria cannot save us;(G)
we will not mount warhorses.(H)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’(I)
to what our own hands have made,(J)
for in you the fatherless(K) find compassion.”
4 “I will heal(L) their waywardness(M)
and love them freely,(N)
for my anger has turned away(O) from them.
5 I will be like the dew(P) to Israel;
he will blossom like a lily.(Q)
Like a cedar of Lebanon(R)
he will send down his roots;(S)
6 his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,(T)
his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.(U)
7 People will dwell again in his shade;(V)
they will flourish like the grain,
they will blossom(W) like the vine—
Israel’s fame will be like the wine(X) of Lebanon.(Y)
8 Ephraim, what more have I[c] to do with idols?(Z)
I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;(AA)
your fruitfulness comes from me.”
Footnotes
- Hosea 14:1 In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10.
- Hosea 14:2 Or offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls
- Hosea 14:8 Or Hebrew; Septuagint What more has Ephraim
Cross references
- Hosea 14:1 : S Isa 19:22; S Jer 3:12
- Hosea 14:1 : S Hos 4:8
- Hosea 14:1 : S Hos 5:5; S 9:7
- Hosea 14:2 : S Ex 34:9
- Hosea 14:2 : Ps 51:16-17; Mic 7:18-19
- Hosea 14:2 : Heb 13:15
- Hosea 14:3 : S Hos 5:13
- Hosea 14:3 : Ps 33:17; S Isa 31:1; Mic 5:10
- Hosea 14:3 : Hos 8:6
- Hosea 14:3 : ver 8; Hos 13:2
- Hosea 14:3 : Ps 10:14; 68:5; Jer 49:11
- Hosea 14:4 : S Isa 30:26; S Hos 6:1
- Hosea 14:4 : S Jer 2:19
- Hosea 14:4 : S Isa 55:1; Jer 31:20; Zep 3:17
- Hosea 14:4 : S Job 13:16
- Hosea 14:5 : S Ge 27:28; S Isa 18:4
- Hosea 14:5 : S SS 2:1
- Hosea 14:5 : Isa 35:2
- Hosea 14:5 : Job 29:19
- Hosea 14:6 : Ps 52:8; S Jer 11:16
- Hosea 14:6 : S Ps 92:12; S SS 4:11
- Hosea 14:7 : Ps 91:1-4
- Hosea 14:7 : S Ge 40:10
- Hosea 14:7 : S Hos 2:22
- Hosea 14:7 : S Eze 17:23
- Hosea 14:8 : S ver 3
- Hosea 14:8 : S Isa 37:24
- Hosea 14:9 : S Ps 107:43
- Hosea 14:9 : S Pr 10:29; S Isa 1:28; Da 12:10
- Hosea 14:9 : Ps 111:7-8; Zep 3:5; Ac 13:10
- Hosea 14:9 : Isa 26:7
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1. Take these words with you and return (1-8)
What are the words we must take to the Lord? 'Lord, forgive my sins, and receive me by your grace. Help me to offer to you the fruit of my lips' (2b). Anyone who returns to the Lord with humble repentance in his heart and on his lips is welcomed. Assyria cannot save Israel, nor can war-horses or idols. Only God can heal man's waywardness and love them freely. God's love is like dew that waters the lilies; he is like a great tree in whose shade his people can dwell. Fruitfulness comes from God.
2. Who is wise? (9)
The one who realized that repentance is the way of life; the one who discerns that the way of the Lord is right, and leaves the path of rebellion to walk in God's ways, is wise.
Prayer: Lord, I return to you with a repentant heart to claim your promised forgiveness. Help me to drink the dew of your love, rest in your shade and walk in your ways.
One Word: Repentance brings blessing