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Hosea
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Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen because of your sin. See also: Joel 2:12-13Hosea 6:1Hosea 12:6Take words with you, and return to the LORD. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good; so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips. See also: Psalms 51:2-10Hebrews 13:15Job 34:31-32Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’ for in you the fatherless finds mercy.” See also: Psalms 10:14Psalms 68:5John 14:18“I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them. See also: Isaiah 57:18Jeremiah 3:22Isaiah 12:1I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon. See also: Isaiah 35:2Ephesians 3:17Isaiah 27:6His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon. See also: Psalms 52:8Psalms 128:3Philippians 4:18Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon. See also: Psalms 91:1John 11:25Song of Songs 6:11Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green cypress tree; from me your fruit is found.” See also: Job 34:32James 1:17Isaiah 41:19Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them. See also: Proverbs 10:29Psalms 107:43John 8:47
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)9 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Hosea 14:1
Ver. 1. Perish, because she hath stirred up her God to bitterness. It is not a curse or imprecation, but a prophecy of what should come to pass (Ch). to Israel, in Assyria. Many such expressions occur. Ps. lxviii. 25. &c. S. Jer. ---
Sometimes they are the efforts of zeal, conformable to divine justice. Ps. cxl. 6.
W. --- Heb. "Samaria has sinned, or shall perish." C. --- Bitterness. Sept. "she hath resisted her God." H.
↑ 1Hosea 14:3
Ver. 3. Words. In captivity, legal victims cannot be offered. C. --- But a contrite heart is always acceptable. Ps. l. --- Good. While engaged in sin, (H.) "we can offer thee nothing good." ---
Calves: victims of praise. S. Jer. --- Heb. parim. Sept. omit m, (H.) and render fruit. They are followed by the Arab. and Syr. as well as by the apostle. Heb.
xiii. 15. C. --- We will offer what victims we please. E. Ps. lxix. 23. and lxv. 13.
↑ 3Hosea 14:4
Ver. 4. Gods. The Assyrians, instead of protecting, oppress us; while Egypt, famous for horses, sits unconcerned. C. --- But the source of all our evils are the idols, which we will follow no more. --- In thee: adheres to the true faith in practice. H. --- Israel was like an orphan during the captivity. Lam. i. 1. C.
↑ 4Hosea 14:5
Ver. 5. Breaches, when Israel shall be converted, as some were to Christ, and many will be at the end of the world. W. --- Heb. "their return." Sept.
"dwellings." They shall be purified. --- Freely.
I have been forced to chastise, My heart dilates. C. --- Sept. "I will love them manifestly." Syr.
"accept their free offerings." H.
↑ 5Hosea 14:6
Ver. 6. Dew. Israel has been like a plant dried up. C. xiii. 15. --- Libanus. The cedars were tall and bulky, being well rooted.
↑ 6Hosea 14:7
Ver. 7. Glory. Sept. "he shall be as fruitful as the olive-tree." --- Libanus, or incense. C. --- The term has both meanings. H.
↑ 7Hosea 14:8
Ver. 8. His. This may refer to the tree, or to God. The captives shall return, and be happy. But in a more sublime sense it refers to the nations which shall embrace the gospel. --- Libanus, or fragrant. Such wine was esteemed in which certain odoriferous herbs were infused. Cant. vii. 2.
C. --- Libanus was also famous for generous wines. Siconita 11.
↑ 8Hosea 14:9
Ver. 9. Idol? or God will no more reproach them, as their conversion is sincere.
--- Make. Heb.
"be to him like," &c. C.
↑ 9Hosea 14:10
Ver. 10. Wise. This denotes the obscurity of the prophecy. Theod. --- No human wit can explain the prophets: yet the just shall understand as much as shall be necessary. S. Jer. S. Aug. de Civ.
Dei. xviii. 28. W. --- Only few will make good use of these admonitions, and share in the promises. C.
↑ 10License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses