Hosea 14:3. Asshur shall not save us;-
When a man trusts to his God, he gets away from all other trust. Confidence in God is the death of all other confidences: "Asshur shall not save
Hosea 14:3. We will not ride upon horses:
Which, somehow or other, were always the Israelites’ fear and trust. They always looked upon horsemen as the most powerful friends or foes in the day of battle; but now they feel that all creatures shall be given up, and they will cling to God alone: "Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses."
Hosea 14:3. Neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
What a sweet reason this is for confidence in God, namely, that he cares for those who have nobody else to care for them,-that he becomes the Helper of those who have no other helper, and the Guardian of those who are left friendless in the world! O my soul, art thou not just such an one,-friendless, helpless, hopeless, orphaned? Fly, then, to that God in whom the fatherless findeth mercy, and thou, too, shalt find mercy. Now let us listen to the voice of God:-
Hosea 14:3. Asshur shall not save us;-
When a man trusts to his God, he gets away from all other trust. Confidence in God is the death of all other confidences: "Asshur shall not save
Hosea 14:3. We will not ride upon horses:
Which, somehow or other, were always the Israelites’ fear and trust. They always looked upon horsemen as the most powerful friends or foes in the day of battle; but now they feel that all creatures shall be given up, and they will cling to God alone: "Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses."
Hosea 14:3. Neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
What a sweet reason this is for confidence in God, namely, that he cares for those who have nobody else to care for them,-that he becomes the Helper of those who have no other helper, and the Guardian of those who are left friendless in the world! O my soul, art thou not just such an one,-friendless, helpless, hopeless, orphaned? Fly, then, to that God in whom the fatherless findeth mercy, and thou, too, shalt find mercy. Now let us listen to the voice of God:-