Hosea 14:3

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

(14-4) Asyur tidak dapat menyelamatkan kami; kami tidak mau mengendarai kuda, dan kami tidak akan berkata lagi: Ya, Allah kami! kepada buatan tangan kami. Karena Engkau menyayangi anak yatim."

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
(14-4) Asyur tidak dapat menyelamatkan kami; kami tidak mau mengendarai kuda, dan kami tidak akan berkata lagi: Ya, Allah kami! kepada buatan tangan kami. Karena Engkau menyayangi anak yatim."

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Bawalah akan perkataanmu apabila engkau bertobat kepada Tuhan; katakanlah kepadanya: Angkatlah kiranya segala salah dan karuniakanlah kepada kami segala perkara yang baik; maka kamipun akan mempersembahkan buah mulut kami kepadamu seperti lembu muda akan korban syukur.

Contextual Overview

¹ O Israel, returne vnto the Lorde thy God, for thou hast fallen through thine owne wickednesse. ² Take these wordes with you, whe ye turne to the Lorde, and say vnto him, O forgeue vs all our sinnes, receaue vs graciously, and then wyll we offer the Calues of our lippes vnto thee. ³ Asshur shalbe no more our helper, neither will we ride vpon horses any more, neither wyll we say any more to the worke of our handes, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherlesse findeth mercie.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Asshur: Hosea 5:13, Hosea 7:11, Hosea 8:9, Hosea 12:1, 2 Chronicles 16:7, Psalms 146:3, Jeremiah 31:18-22

we will not: Deuteronomy 17:16, Psalms 20:7, Psalms 20:8, Psalms 33:17, Isaiah 30:2, Isaiah 30:16, Isaiah 31:3, Isaiah 36:8

neither: Hosea 14:8, Hosea 2:17, Isaiah 1:29, Isaiah 2:20, Isaiah 27:9, Ezekiel 36:25, Ezekiel 37:23, Ezekiel 43:7-9, Micah 5:10-14, Zechariah 13:2

for: Exodus 22:22-24, Psalms 10:14, Psalms 68:5, Psalms 146:9, Proverbs 23:10, Proverbs 23:11, John 14:18

Reciprocal: Genesis 10:11 - Asshur Numbers 24:22 - the Kenite Deuteronomy 4:30 - if thou Deuteronomy 10:18 - doth Joshua 11:6 - horses Joshua 24:23 - put away 1 Samuel 7:4 - General 2 Kings 16:7 - and save 1 Chronicles 1:17 - Asshur Ezra 4:2 - Assur Isaiah 2:7 - their land is Isaiah 2:8 - worship Isaiah 10:20 - no more Isaiah 31:1 - stay on horses Jeremiah 2:36 - as thou wast Jeremiah 49:11 - thy fatherless Lamentations 5:3 - General Ezekiel 29:16 - the confidence Micah 5:13 - graven Zephaniah 1:3 - stumblingblocks

Cross-References

Genesis 19:24
Then the Lorde rayned vpon Sodome and Gomorrhe brymstone and fire, from the Lorde out of heauen:

Numbers 34:12
And then go downe along by Iordane, and leaue at the salt sea: And this shalbe your land, with the coastes therof rounde about.

Deuteronomy 3:17
The playne also, and Iordane, and the coast therof, from Cenereth, euen vnto the sea which is in the playne, euen the salt sea vnder the springes of the hyll, eastwarde.

Joshua 3:16
The waters also that came downe fro aboue, did rise vp vpon an heape and departed farre from ye citie of Ada, that was beside Zarthan: And the waters that were beneath towarde ye sea of the wildernes, euen the salt sea, fayled and were cut of: and the people went right ouer against Iericho.

Psalms 107:34
He [maketh] a fruitfull grounde barren: for the wickednes of them that dwell therein.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ashur shall not save us,.... This is still a continuation of the words repenting and returning Israel are directed to make use of before the Lord, declaring they would not do any more as they had done; to Assyria, or the kings of Assyria, as the Targum, for help, and desire assistance, and expect deliverance and salvation from thence; see Hosea 5:13;

we will not ride upon horses; to seek for help elsewhere; or go to Egypt for them, as they had done; or put their trust in them for safety, in a time of war; or think to make their escape by them when in danger; see Psalms 20:8;

neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [ye are] our gods; that is, say so to, or concerning, their idols, which were made by their hands, or by their orders, as they had formerly done to the golden calf in the wilderness, and to the calves at Dan and Bethel; see

Exodus 32:4; now, by all these expressions is meant, that they would determine not to put any confidence in any creature, or in any creature performance; that they would not trust in their own merits, but in the mercy of God through Christ for the of their sins; nor in any works of righteousness for their justification before God, and acceptance with him; nor expect salvation in any other way than by the free grace of God, and his abundant mercy in Christ:

for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy; and in thee only; hereby declaring that the Lord was the only Saviour; that there was salvation in Christ, and in no other; and that they would have no other saviour but him; that they would look to the mercy of God proclaimed in him, and communicated from and through him, the mercy seat, and to his mercy alone for eternal life; in whom the most destitute persons, as the fatherless, who are destitute of friends, of help and assistance, of counsel and advice, find favour, kindness, and mercy, even such as are most hopeless and helpless; which is a great encouragement to look to the Lord, to trust in him, and hope in his mercy.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Asshur 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 themselves against the will of God, contains, at once, that best earnest of true repentance, the renewal of the confession of past sins, and the promise to rely no more on any princes of this world, of whom he was then chief. The horse, in like way, is the symbol of any warlike strength of their own. As the Psalmist says, “Some put their trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will remember the name of the Lord our God” Psalms 20:7; and, “a horse is a vain thing for safety, neither shall he deliver any by his great strength” Psalms 33:17; and Solomon, “The horse is prepared for the day of battle but salvation is of the Lord” Proverbs 21:31. War was almost the only end for which the horse was used among the Jews. If otherwise, it was a matter of great and royal pomp. It was part of a standing army. Their kings were especially forbidden to “multiply horses” Deuteronomy 17:16 to themselves. Solomon, indeed, in his prosperity, broke this, as well as other commands of God. The pious king Hezekiah, although possessed at one time of large treasure, so kept that command as to furnish matter of mockery to Rabshakeh, the blaspheming envoy of Assyria, that he had neither horses nor horsemen 2 Kings 18:23. The horses being procured from Egypt 1 Kings 10:28, the commerce gave fresh occasion for idolatry.

Neither will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ye are our gods - This is the third disavowal. Since it was folly and sin to trust in the creatures which God had made, apart from God, how much more, to trust in things which they themselves had made, instead of God, and offensive to God!

For in Thee the fatherless findeth mercy - (or, O Thou, in whom). He is indeed fatherless who hath not God for his Father. They confess then, that they were and deserved to be thus “fatherless” and helpless, a prey to every oppressor; but they appeal to God by the title which He had taken, “the Father of the fatherless” Psalms 68:5, that He would have mercy on them, who had no help but in Him. : “We promise this, they say, hoping in the help of Thy mercy, since it belongeth to Thee and is for Thy Glory to have mercy on the people which believeth in Thee, and to stretch forth Thine Hand, that they may be able to leave their wonted ills and amend their former ways.”