Parallel Verses English Standard Version his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon. King James Bible His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. American Standard Version His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. Douay-Rheims Bible His branches shall spread, and his glory shall be as the olive tree: and his smell as that of Libanus. English Revised Version His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. Webster's Bible Translation His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. Hosea 14:6 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentThis thought is carried out still further in the second strophe, Hosea 4:6-10. Hosea 4:6. "My nation is destroyed for lack of knowledge; for thou, the knowledge hast thou rejected, and so do I reject thee from being a priest to me. Thou didst forget the law of thy God; thy sons will I also forget." The speaker is Jehovah: my nation, that is to say, the nation of Jehovah. This nation perishes for lack of the knowledge of God and His salvation. Hadda‛ath (the knowledge) with the definite article points back to da‛ath Elōhı̄m (knowledge of God) in Hosea 4:1. This knowledge Israel might have drawn from the law, in which God had revealed His counsel and will (Deuteronomy 30:15), but it would not. It rejected the knowledge and forgot the law of its God, and would be rejected and forgotten by God in consequence. In 'attâh (thou) it is not the priests who are addressed - the custodians of the law and promoters of divine knowledge in the nation - but the whole nation of the ten tribes which adhered to the image-worship set up by Jeroboam, with its illegal priesthood (1 Kings 12:26-33), in spite of all the divine threats and judgments, through which one dynasty after another was destroyed, and would not desist from this sin of Jeroboam. The Lord would therefore reject it from being priest, i.e., would deprive it of the privilege of being a priestly nation (Exodus 19:6), would strip it of the privilege of being a priestly nation (Exodus 19:6), would strip it of its priestly rank, and make it like the heathen. According to Olshausen (Heb. Gram. p. 179), the anomalous form אמאסאך is only a copyist's error for אמאסך; but Ewald (247, e) regards it as an Aramaean pausal form. "Thy sons," the children of the national community, regarded as a mother, are the individual members of the nation. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge branches. John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. spread. Heb. go. and his beauty. his smell. Songs 4:11-15 Your lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under your tongue... Cross References Psalm 92:12 The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Song of Solomon 4:11 Your lips drip nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. Isaiah 27:6 In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit. Jeremiah 11:16 The LORD once called you 'a green olive tree, beautiful with good fruit.' But with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed. Jump to Previous Beautiful Beauty Branches Cedar Cedars Fragrance Grow Lebanon Olive Olive-Tree Shoots Smell Splendor Spread Sprout Stretched Sucklings Sweet-Smelling Tree YoungJump to Next Beautiful Beauty Branches Cedar Cedars Fragrance Grow Lebanon Olive Olive-Tree Shoots Smell Splendor Spread Sprout Stretched Sucklings Sweet-Smelling Tree YoungLinks Hosea 14:6 NIVHosea 14:6 NLT Hosea 14:6 ESV Hosea 14:6 NASB Hosea 14:6 KJV Hosea 14:6 Bible Apps Hosea 14:6 Biblia Paralela Hosea 14:6 Chinese Bible Hosea 14:6 French Bible Hosea 14:6 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |