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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Hosea 14 This chapter concludes the book, with gracious promises to repenting sinners, to returning backsliders. It begins with an exhortation to Israel to return to the Lord, seeing he was their God, and they had fallen by sin from prosperity into adversity, temporal and spiritual, Hosea 14:1; and they are directed what to say to the Lord, upon their return to him, both by way of...
John Gill
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...
Matthew Henry
The strain of this chapter differs from that of the foregoing chapters. Those were generally made up of reproofs for sin and threatenings of wrath; but this is made up of exhortations to repentance and promises of mercy, and with these the prophet closes; for all the foregoing convictions and terrors he had spoken were designed to prepare and make way for these. He wounds that he may heal. The...
Charles H. Spurgeon
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 Hos_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...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will me say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. If you expect the Lord to smile upon you, you must have done away with all your idols. You must put away all your false confidences, and those other sinful things in which you have found even a little joy, and you must come back...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Asshur shall not save us; -Backslider, hast thou been putting thy trust anywhere but in God, hoping to find comfort in the world and in sin? Then make this confession: “Asshur shall not save us;” — Hos_14:3. We will not ride upon horses: These were the confidence of the Egyptians, and the Israelites vainly tried to imitate their powerful and rich neighbours, so we will not put our confidence in...
Charles H. Spurgeon
For in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. Everlastingly turned away through the complete and satisfactory atonement of Jesus Christ.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Asshur shall not save us; — They had been accustomed to rely either upon Assyria or upon Egypt; and one of the first signs of their real repentance was that they had given up their false dependences. So, sinner, you must give up your self-righteousness, your ceremonialism, anything and everything in which you have trusted in place of trusting in the Lord: “Ashur shall not save us;” — Hos_14:3. We...
Charles H. Spurgeon
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. If you come to God to be saved, you must bring no other saviour with you. What an encouragement is given to us to come to God! He calls himself the Father of the fatherless. O thou, whose soul is orphaned, thou who art left...