Hosea 14:3 BSB — MannaFest

Hosea 14:3

Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”

BSB

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ASV

Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

KJV

Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

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Commentary

4 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1695: “The Orphan's Father” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1882)

THE Lord God of Israel, the one only living and true God, has this for a special mark of His Character, that in Him the fatherless finds mercy. "A Father of the fatherless, and a Judge of the widows, is God in His holy habitation." False gods of the heathen are usually notable for their supposed power or cunning, or even for their wickedness, falsehood, lustfulness and cruelty. But our God, who made the heavens, is the Thrice Holy One. He is the Holy God and He is also full of love.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) See the benefit of sanctified afflictions. Ephraim had smarted for his idolatry; it had brought one judgment after another upon him, and this at length is the fruit, even the taking away of his sin, Isa. xxvii. (3.) See the nature of repentance; it is a firm and fixed resolution to have no more to do with sin.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2192: “The Joyous Return” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1891)

We are in the last chapter of the book of the Prophet Hosea. Throughout the book there has been thunder— sometimes a low rumbling, as of a distant tempest—sometimes peal on peal, as of a storm immediately overhead. And now the tempest has gathered all its force. Here it culminates. You expect the bolt of Heaven to destroy. Lo, instead thereof, a silver shower of mercy! The gentle drops come down plenteously and you hear them fall upon the tender herb like soft and low music. God does not say, "O Israel, depart accursed!"

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַשּׁ֣וּר׀	'a.Shur	Assyria	H804 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יוֹשִׁיעֵ֗נוּ	yo.shi.'E.nu	it will save us	H3467 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
סוּס֙	sus	horse[s]	H5483 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
נִרְכָּ֔ב	nir.Kav	we will ride	H7392 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
נֹ֥אמַר	No.mar	we will say	H559 →
ע֛וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ	'e.lo.Hei.nu	gods our	H430 →
לְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה	le.ma.'a.Seh	to [the] work of	H4639 →
יָדֵ֑ינוּ	ya.Dei.nu	hands our	H3027 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	that	H834 →
בְּךָ֖	be.Kha	by you
יְרֻחַ֥ם	ye.ru.Cham	he is shown compassion	H7355 →
יָתֽוֹם׃	ya.Tom	[the] fatherless	H3490 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 14:18
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
leads to
- Psalms 23:4
  Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
- John 14:3
  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.
- Matthew 18:20
  For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
Through
Psalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 10:18
  He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 146:9
  The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 10:14
  But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
- Jeremiah 49:11
  Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
Through
Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy…
leads to
- Psalms 20:7
  Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

About Hosea

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PlaceUpper MesopotamiaAssyriaMesopotamian empire whose capital Nineveh repented at Jonah's preaching and fell to Nahum's burden in 612 BC; the rod of God's ang…

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Hosea

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Hosea