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Hosea 14

Hos. 14:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ephraim
'Ephrayim (Hebrew #669)
double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Ephraim, Ephraimites.
Pronounce: ef-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of masculine form of 672
shall say, What have I to do any more with idols
`atsab (Hebrew #6091)
an (idolatrous) image
KJV usage: idol, image.
Pronounce: aw-tsawb'
Origin: from 6087
? I have heard
`anah (Hebrew #6030)
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
him, and observed
shuwr (Hebrew #7789)
to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for
KJV usage: behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.
Pronounce: shoor
Origin: a primitive root (identical with 7788 through the idea of going round for inspection)
him: I am like a green
ra`anan (Hebrew #7488)
verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous
KJV usage: green, flourishing.
Pronounce: rah-an-awn'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be green
fir tree
browsh (Hebrew #1265)
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
KJV usage: fir (tree).
Pronounce: ber-osh'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
. From me is thy fruit
priy (Hebrew #6529)
fruit (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bough, ((first-)) fruit((-ful)), reward.
Pronounce: per-ee'
Origin: from 6509
found
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ephraim,
Fir; Fir-Tree,
Idolatry

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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What.
Hos. 14:2‑3• 2Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah; say unto him, Forgive all iniquity, and receive us graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips.
 3Assyria 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. (Hos. 14:2‑3)
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Job 34:32• 32What I see not, teach thou me; if I have done wrong, I will do so no more? (Job 34:32)
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Acts 19:18‑20• 18And many of those that believed came confessing and declaring their deeds.
 19And many of those that practised curious arts brought their books of charms and burnt them before all. And they reckoned up the prices of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
 20Thus with might the word of the Lord increased and prevailed. (Acts 19:18‑20)
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1 Thess. 1:9• 9for they themselves relate concerning us what entering in we had to you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God, (1 Thess. 1:9)
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1 Peter 1:14‑16• 14as children of obedience, not conformed to your former lusts in your ignorance;
 15but as he who has called you is holy, be ye also holy in all your conversation;
 16because it is written, Be ye holy, for *I* am holy. (1 Peter 1:14‑16)
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1 Peter 4:3‑4• 3For the time past is sufficient for us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, walking in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-drinking, revels, drinkings, and unhallowed idolatries.
 4Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same sink of corruption, speaking injuriously of you; (1 Peter 4:3‑4)
I have.
Job 33:27• 27He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me; (Job 33:27)
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Jer. 31:18‑20• 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. (Jer. 31:18‑20)
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Luke 15:20• 20And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses. (Luke 15:20)
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John 1:47‑48• 47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says of him, Behold one truly an Israelite, in whom there is no guile.
 48Nathanael says to him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee. (John 1:47‑48)
I am.
Isa. 41:19• 19I will give in the wilderness the cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oleaster; I will set in the desert the cypress, pine, and box-tree together; (Isa. 41:19)
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Isa. 55:13• 13Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. (Isa. 55:13)
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Isa. 60:13• 13The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the cypress, pine, and box-tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. (Isa. 60:13)
From me.
John 1:16• 16for of his fulness we all have received, and grace upon grace. (John 1:16)
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John 15:1‑8• 1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
 2As to every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and as to every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit.
 3Ye are already clean by reason of the word which I have spoken to you.
 4Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abide in the vine, thus neither can ye unless ye abide in me.
 5I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, *he* bears much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.
 6Unless any one abide in me he is cast out as the branch, and is dried up; and they gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
 7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall come to pass to you.
 8In this is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and ye shall become disciples of mine. (John 15:1‑8)
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Gal. 5:22‑23• 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,
 23meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law. (Gal. 5:22‑23)
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Eph. 5:9• 9(for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,) (Eph. 5:9)
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Phil. 1:11• 11being complete as regards the fruit of righteousness, which is by Jesus Christ, to God's glory and praise. (Phil. 1:11)
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Phil. 2:13• 13for it is God who works in you both the willing and the working according to his good pleasure. (Phil. 2:13)
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Phil. 4:13• 13I have strength for all things in him that gives me power. (Phil. 4:13)
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James 1:17• 17Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning. (James 1:17)
• It appears to be a conversation between Ephraim and Jehovah. “Ephraim [shall say], “What have I to do any more with idols?” To this Jehovah answers, “I myself have heard and observed him.” Thereon Ephraim replies, “I am like a green fir tree”; to which Jehovah rejoins, “From me is thy fruit found.” What a blessed change for Ephraim! and what communion with their God! (“Hosea 14” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Ephraim 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.