Sow for yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to loving-kindness, Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, To seek Jehovah, Till he come and shew righteousness to you.Hosea 10:12 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleSow to yourselves in righteousness - Let the seed you sow be of the best kind, and in just measure.
Reap in mercy - By the blessing of God on this ploughing, sowing, and harrowing, you may expect a good crop in harvest.
Break up your fallow ground - Do not be satisfied with a slight furrow; let the land that was fallowed (slightly ploughed) be broken up again with a deep furrow.
For it is time to seek the Lord - This should be immediately done: the season is passing; and if you do not get the seed in the ground, the early rain will be past, and your fields will be unfruitful.
Rain righteousness upon you - God will give you the early rain in due time, and in proper measure. Here are the metaphors, and the application cannot be difficult.. Here are ploughing, fallowing, sowing, harrowing, watering, reaping, threshing, and feeding on the produce of well-directed labor. All may be applied to the human heart, and the work of God upon it. Correction, contrition, conversion, receiving the grace of Christ, bringing forth fruit, etc.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Sow.
Hosea 8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield...
Psalm 126:5,6 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy...
Proverbs 11:18 The wicked works a deceitful work: but to him that sows righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Ecclesiastes 11:6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand: for you know not whether shall prosper, either this or that...
Isaiah 32:20 Blessed are you that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the donkey.
James 3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
break.
Jeremiah 4:3,4 For thus said the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns...
time.
Psalm 105:4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face ever more.
Isaiah 31:1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen...
Isaiah 55:6 Seek you the LORD while he may be found, call you on him while he is near:
Jeremiah 29:12-14 Then shall you call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you...
Jeremiah 50:4 In those days, and in that time, said the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together...
Amos 5:4,6,8,15 For thus said the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek you me, and you shall live...
Zephaniah 2:1-3 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, O nation not desired...
Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
rain.
Hosea 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come to us as the rain...
Psalm 72:6 He shall come down like rain on the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Isaiah 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor dig; but there shall come up briers and thorns...
Isaiah 30:23 Then shall he give the rain of your seed, that you shall sow the ground with; and bread of the increase of the earth...
Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water on him that is thirsty, and floods on the dry ground: I will pour my spirit on your seed...
Isaiah 45:8 Drop down, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation...
Ezekiel 34:26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season...
Acts 2:18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
1 Corinthians 3:6,7 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase...
Hosea 10:12 Parallel Commentaries
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