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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Hosea 14:7 - 14:7
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They that used to dwell under Israel’s shadow (but who shall have been forced to leave it), shall return, that is, be restored (Eze 35:9). Others take “His shadow” to mean Jehovah’s (compare Psa 17:8; Psa 91:1; Isa 4:6), which Hos 14:1, Hos 14:2 (“return unto the Lord,” etc.) favor. But the “his” in Hos 14:6 refers to Israel, and therefore must refer to the same here.
revive as ... corn - As the corn long buried in the earth springs up, with an abundant produce, so shall they revive from their calamities, with a great increase of offspring (compare Joh 12:24).
scent thereof - that is, Israel’s fame. Compare Hos 14:6, “His smell as Lebanon”; Son 1:3 : “Thy name is as ointment poured forth.” The Septuagint favors the Margin, “memorial.”
as the wine of Lebanon - which was most celebrated for its aroma, flavor, and medicinal restorative properties.