English Standard Version
Hosea 14:3
3Assyria 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."
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.”
- 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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Assyria cannot save us, nor can our warhorses. Never again will we say to the idols we have made, ‘You are our gods.’ No, in you alone do the orphans find mercy.”
Context of Hosea 14:3
1Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. 2Take with you words and return to the Lord; say to him, "Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips. 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." 4I will heal their apostasy; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them. 5I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon;
Read all of Hosea 14Hosea 14:3 word by word
אַשּׁ֣וּר׀ לֹ֣א יוֹשִׁיעֵ֗נוּ עַל־סוּס֙ לֹ֣א נִרְכָּ֔ב וְלֹא־נֹ֥אמַר ע֛וֹד אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ לְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדֵ֑ינוּ אֲשֶׁר־בְּךָ֖ יְרֻחַ֥ם יָתֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Asshurאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
- shall not saveיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
- us; we will not rideרָכַבrâkab · to rideH7392
- upon horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
- neither will we sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- any more to the workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
- of our handsיָדyâd · handH3027
- our godsאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- for in thee the fatherlessיָתוֹםyâthôm · orphanH3490
- findeth mercyרָחַםrâcham · to have compassionH7355
Cross-references for Hosea 14:3
- Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to the great king. But he is not able to cure you or heal your wound.
- Hosea 7:11Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.
- Hosea 8:9For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey wandering alone; Ephraim has hired lovers.
- Hosea 12:1Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.
- 2 Chronicles 16:7At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, "Because you relied on the king of Syria, and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped you.
- Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
- Jeremiah 31:18I have heard Ephraim grieving, 'You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for you are the Lord my God.
- Deuteronomy 17:16Only he must not acquire many horses for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the Lord has said to you, 'You shall never return that way again.'
- Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
- Psalms 33:17The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue.
- Isaiah 30:2who set out to go down to Egypt, without asking for my direction, to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
- Isaiah 31:3The Egyptians are man, and not God, and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall, and they will all perish together.
- Isaiah 36:8Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
- Hosea 14:8O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; from me comes your fruit.
- Hosea 2:17For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more.
- Isaiah 1:29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks that you desired; and you shall blush for 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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