Berean Standard Bible
Hosea 14:3
3Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands.
For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
Hosea 14:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
- New International Version (NIV)Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount warhorses. We will never again say ‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will say no more, 'Our God,' to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Assyria shall not save us, We will not ride on horses, Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’ For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”
Context of Hosea 14:3
1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. 2Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips. Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.” 4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them. 5I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
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אַשּׁ֣וּר׀ לֹ֣א יוֹשִׁיעֵ֗נוּ עַל־סוּס֙ לֹ֣א נִרְכָּ֔ב וְלֹא־נֹ֥אמַר ע֛וֹד אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ לְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדֵ֑ינוּ אֲשֶׁר־בְּךָ֖ יְרֻחַ֥ם יָתֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear
- Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
- will notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- save usיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
- rideרָכַבrâkab · to rideH7392
- onעַל‛al · uponH5921
- horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
- We will never againעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
- sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Our godsאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- to the workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
- of our own handsיָדyâd · handH3027
- Forאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- the fatherlessיָתוֹםyâthôm · orphanH3490
- find compassionרָחַםrâcham · to have compassionH7355
Cross-references for Hosea 14:3
- Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
- Hosea 7:11So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
- Hosea 8:9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.
- Hosea 12:1Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
- 2 Chronicles 16:7At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
- Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
- Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
- Deuteronomy 17:16But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
- Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
- Psalms 33:17A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.
- Isaiah 30:2They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.
- Isaiah 31:3But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
- Isaiah 36:8Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
- Hosea 14:8O 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.
- Hosea 2:17For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.
- Isaiah 1:29Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.
Commentaries on Hosea 14:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Asshur shall not save us - After prayer for pardon and for acceptance of themselves, and thanksgiving for acceptance, comes the promise not to fall back into their former sins. Trust in man, in their own strength, in their idols, had been their besetting sins. Now, one by one, they disavow them. First, they disclaim trust in man, and making “flesh their arm” Jeremiah 17:5. Their disclaimer of the help of the Assyrian, to whom they had so often betaken…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The Israelites must give up their reliance on idols, foreign alliances, and their military strength. Even though they were God's children (Hosea 11:1), their rebellion made them orphans. When they sincerely and fully repented, they could find mercy again.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Three besetting sins of Israel are here renounced, trust in Assyria, application to Egypt for its cavalry (forbidden, De 17:16; compare Ho 7:11; 11:5; 12:1; 2Ki 17:4; Psa 33:17; Is 30:2, 16; 31:1), and idolatry. fatherless--descriptive of the destitute state of Israel, when severed from God, their true Father. We shall henceforth trust in none but Thee, the only Father of the fatherless, and Helper of the destitute (Psa 10:14; 68:5); our nation has…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hosea 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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