Hosea 14:8 BSB — MannaFest

Hosea 14:8

O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.

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ASV

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.

KJV

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Ephraim shall say, what have I to do any more with idols?.... This is to be understood, not of apostate Ephraim, as in the times of the prophet, who was so wedded and glued to the idols, that there was no hope of getting him from them; and therefore is bid to let him alone, Hos 4:17; but of Ephraim Israel returning to God at his call, under the influence of his grace, in the latter day, Hos 14:

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

What have I to do any more with idols? - The conversion of Ephraim is now as complete as if was sincere. God hears and observes this. I am like a green fir tree - Perhaps these words should be joined to the preceding, as Newcome has done, and be a part of God’s speech to Ephraim. “I have heard him; and I have seen him as a flourishing fir tree.” He is become strong and vigorous; and from his present appearance of healthiness, his future increase and prosperity may be safely anticipated.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 557: “Where to Find Fruit” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1864)

THE text has a double significance. It may indicate the fruit upon which we feed, or the fruit which we are enabled to produce. If it shall mean the first, there is mach of comfort in it. The Lord has compared himself, in his condescending mercy, to a green fir tree in the sentence which precedes the text. The fir tree in the East yields a most goodly shade. Neither the burning heat of the sun, nor the drops of pouring rain can.pass through the dense foliage, and therefore it affords a welcome shelter to the traveler.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2474: “The Great Change” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1896)

THIS passage is in very vivid contrast to what Ephraim had previously said, as it is recorded in the early part of Ho-sea's prophecy. If you turn to the second chapter, and the fifth verse, you will find this same Ephraim saying, "I will go after my lovers that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink."

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֶפְרַ֕יִם	'ef.Ra.yim	O Ephraim	H669 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
לִּ֥י	li	to me
ע֖וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
לָֽעֲצַבִּ֑ים	la.'a.tza.Bim	to <the> idols	H6091 →
אֲנִ֧י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
עָנִ֣יתִי	'a.Ni.ti	I will answer	H6030 →
וַאֲשׁוּרֶ֗נּוּ	va.'a.shu.Re.nu	and I will watch over it	H7789 →
אֲנִי֙	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
כִּבְר֣וֹשׁ	kiv.Ro.osh	[am] like a cypress tree	H1265 →
רַֽעֲנָ֔ן	ra.'a.Nan	luxuriant	H7488 →
מִמֶּ֖נִּי	mi.Me.ni	from me	H4480 →
פֶּרְיְךָ֥	per.ye.Kha	fruit your	H6529 →
נִמְצָֽא׃	nim.Tza'	it is found	H4672 →

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
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
leads to
- Hebrews 13:21
  equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
  Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
- 2 Timothy 1:9
  He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- Romans 9:16
  So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
Through
James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
leads to
- John 3:27
  John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
- Matthew 7:11
  So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
- Hebrews 13:8
  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- John 8:12
  Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

About Hosea

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PlaceJudeaEphraimThe town near the wilderness where Jesus withdrew with His disciples before the last Passover (John 11:54).

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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