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He is Still 'Your God'
Commentators emphasize the profound tenderness in God's call. By addressing the people as "Israel" and calling Himself "thy God," He affirms His enduring, loving relationship despite their sin. As Charles Spurgeon notes, this is not a word of condemnation but a loving plea. The fact that God initiates this call with such grace is a powerful motivation for anyone who has strayed to come home.
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Hosea
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Albert Barnes
On Hosea 14:1
18th Century
Theologian
O Israel, return—now, completely—to the Lord your God. The heavy and scarcely interrupted tide of denunciation is now past. Billow upon bill…
Charles Ellicott
On Hosea 14:1
19th Century
Bishop
Thy. —Tenderness and inextinguishable love are suggested by the use of the pronoun. “Repentance (say the Rabbis) presses right up …
Charles Spurgeon
On Hosea 14:1
19th Century
Preacher
O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Come back, poor wanderer! My brother or my sister, …
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John Calvin
On Hosea 14:1–2
16th Century
Theologian
Here the Prophet exhorts the Israelites to repentance and still sets forth some hope of mercy. This may seem inconsistent, as he had already testif…
John Gill
On Hosea 14:1
17th Century
Pastor
O Israel, return unto the Lord your God
From whom they had revolted and backslidden; whose worship and service they …
Matthew Henry
On Hosea 14:1–3
17th Century
Minister
Israel is exhorted to return to Jehovah, from their sins and idols, by faith in His mercy and grace through the promised Redeemer, and by diligentl…