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Hosea 14

Hos. 14:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Asshur
'Ashshuwr (Hebrew #804)
apparently from 833 (in the sense of successful); Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
KJV usage: Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See 838.
Pronounce: ash-shoor'
Origin: or iAshshur {ash-shoor'}
shall not save
yasha` (Hebrew #3467)
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
KJV usage: X at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
Pronounce: yaw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
us; we will not ride
rakab (Hebrew #7392)
to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch
KJV usage: bring (on (horse-)back), carry, get (oneself) up, on (horse-)back, put, (cause to, make to) ride (in a chariot, on, -r), set.
Pronounce: raw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
upon horses
cuwc (Hebrew #5483)
from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
KJV usage: crane, horse((-back, -hoof)). Compare 6571.
Pronounce: soos
Origin: or cuc {soos}
: neither will we say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
any more to the work
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
of our hands
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
, Ye are our gods
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
: for in thee the fatherless
yathowm (Hebrew #3490)
a bereaved person
KJV usage: fatherless (child), orphan.
Pronounce: yaw-thome'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be lonely
findeth mercy
racham (Hebrew #7355)
to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate
KJV usage: have compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, X surely.
Pronounce: raw-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ministry on This Verse

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Asshur.
Hos. 5:13• 13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sore, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb; but he was unable to heal you, nor hath he removed your sore. (Hos. 5:13)
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Hos. 7:11• 11And Ephraim is become like a silly dove without understanding: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. (Hos. 7:11)
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Hos. 8:9• 9For they are gone up to Assyria as a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. (Hos. 8:9)
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Hos. 12:1• 1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth after the east wind: all day long he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt. (Hos. 12:1)
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2 Chron. 16:7• 7And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on Jehovah thy God, therefore has the army of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand. (2 Chron. 16:7)
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Psa. 146:3• 3Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. (Psa. 146:3)
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Jer. 31:18‑22• 18I have indeed heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus: Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock not trained: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.
 19Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after I knew myself, I smote upon my thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, for I bear the reproach of my youth.
 20Is Ephraim a dear son unto me? is he a child of delights? For whilst I have been speaking against him, I do constantly remember him still. Therefore my bowels are troubled for him: I will certainly have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.
 21Set up waymarks, make for thyself signposts; set thy heart toward the highway, the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
 22How long wilt thou wander about, thou backsliding daughter? For Jehovah hath created a new thing on the earth, a woman shall encompass a man. (Jer. 31:18‑22)
we will not.
Deut. 17:16• 16Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor lead back the people to Egypt, to multiply horses; for Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall not return again any more that way. (Deut. 17:16)
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Psa. 20:7‑8• 7Some make mention of chariots, and some of horses, but we of the name of Jehovah our God.
 8They are bowed down and fallen; but we are risen and stand upright. (Psa. 20:7‑8)
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Psa. 33:17• 17The horse is a vain thing for safety; neither doth he deliver by his great power. (Psa. 33:17)
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Isa. 30:2,16• 2who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked of my mouth,--to take refuge under the protection of Pharaoh, and trust in the shadow of Egypt!
 16And ye said, No, but we will flee upon horses,--therefore shall ye flee; and, We will ride upon the swift,--therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. (Isa. 30:2,16)
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Isa. 31:3• 3And the Egyptians are men, and not *God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit; and Jehovah shall stretch forth his hand, and he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall perish together. (Isa. 31:3)
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Isa. 36:8• 8And now engage, I pray thee, with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. (Isa. 36:8)
neither.
Hos. 14:8• 8Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? (I answer him, and I will observe him.) I am like a green fir-tree.--From me is thy fruit found. (Hos. 14:8)
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Hos. 2:17• 17for I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. (Hos. 2:17)
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Isa. 1:29• 29For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths that ye have desired, and ye shall blush for the gardens that ye have chosen. (Isa. 1:29)
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Isa. 2:20• 20In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made each for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; (Isa. 2:20)
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Isa. 27:9• 9By this, therefore, shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit of the taking away of his sin: when he shall make all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are crumbled in pieces,--the Asherahs and the sun-images shall not stand. (Isa. 27:9)
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Ezek. 36:25• 25And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your uncleannesses and from all your idols will I cleanse you. (Ezek. 36:25)
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Ezek. 37:23• 23And they shall not defile themselves any more with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; and I will save them out of all their dwelling-places wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. (Ezek. 37:23)
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Ezek. 43:7‑9• 7And he said unto me, Son of man, this is the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever; and the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, they nor their kings, with their fornication, and with the carcases of their kings in their high places,
 8in that they set their threshold by my threshold, and their post by my post, and there was only a wall between me and them, and they defiled my holy name with their abominations which they committed; and I consumed them in mine anger.
 9Now let them put away their fornication, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever. (Ezek. 43:7‑9)
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Mic. 5:10‑14• 10And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots.
 11And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and overthrow all thy strongholds.
 12And I will cut off sorceries out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no soothsayers.
 13Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy statues out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more bow down to the work of thy hands.
 14And I will pluck up thine Asherahs out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy cities. (Mic. 5:10‑14)
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Zech. 13:2• 2And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. (Zech. 13:2)
for.
Ex. 22:22‑24• 22Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.
 23If thou afflict him in any way, if he cry at all unto me, I will certainly hear his cry;
 24and my anger shall burn, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. (Ex. 22:22‑24)
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Psa. 10:14• 14Thou hast seen it, for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless. (Psa. 10:14)
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Psa. 68:5• 5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. (Psa. 68:5)
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Psa. 146:9• 9Jehovah preserveth the strangers; he lifteth up the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked doth he subvert. (Psa. 146:9)
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Prov. 23:10‑11• 10Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
 11for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee. (Prov. 23:10‑11)
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John 14:18• 18I will not leave you orphans, I am coming to you. (John 14:18)
• All is judged now aright; because self is judged before the God who brings them near Him. Their repentance is genuine and the fruit of grace. (“Hosea 14” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Thou art our God; because in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.