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Ho 14:1-9.
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Ho 14:1-9.
GOD'S PROMISE OF BLESSING, ON THEIR REPENTANCE: THEIR ABANDONMENT OF IDOLATRY FORETOLD: THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE, THE JUST SHALL WALK IN GOD'S WAYS, BUT THE TRANSGRESSOR SHALL FALL THEREIN.
1. fallen by thine iniquity--
(Ho 5:5; 13:9).
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2. 当预备话语——以代替祭物，即神在此放在你们口中的悔改之话。“话语”在希伯来文中与“事物”同词，意为“实际”；所以神暗示，他不收纳空洞的表态（诗 78:36; 赛 29:13）。他不要昂贵的祭物，只要发自内心悔改的话语。
悦纳我们——字面意为“（为）善”。
嘴唇的牛犊——即以嘴唇的赞美代替牛犊之祭——我们在被掳中不能向你献牛犊，便以嘴唇的赞美献上。这样，圣殿事奉中断的被掳时期，就为福音时代预备了道路：旧约动物祭的预表既在基督一次永远的完全祭中得着应验，“常常以颂赞为祭献给神，那就是我们嘴唇的果子”（来 13:14）便在新约中取代了它们的位置。
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2. Take with you words--instead of sacrifices, namely, the words of penitence here put in your mouths by God. "Words," in Hebrew, mean "realities," there being the same term for "words" and "things"; so God implies, He will not accept empty professions
(Ps 78:36; Isa 29:13).
He does not ask costly sacrifices, but words of heartfelt penitence.
receive us graciously--literally "(for) good."
calves of our lips--that is, instead of sacrifices of calves, which we cannot offer to Thee in exile, we present the praises of our lips. Thus the exile, wherein the temple service ceased, prepared the way for the gospel time when the types of the animal sacrifices of the Old Testament being realized in Christ's perfect sacrifice once for all, "the sacrifice of praise to God continually that is the fruit of our lips"
(Heb 13:14)
takes their place in the New Testament.
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3. 此处以色列有三样顽疾被弃绝：倚靠亚述、向埃及求助骑兵（这是律法所禁止的，
De 17:16；
参
Ho 7:11; 11:5; 12:1; 2Ki 17:4; Ps 33:17; Isa 30:2, 16; 31:1），
以及拜偶像。
孤儿——用以描述以色列穷乏的处境，因他们与真正的父——神——隔绝。从此我们除你以外再不倚靠别的，因你是孤儿的父、穷乏人的帮助，是唯一的这样一位
（Ps 10:14; 68:5）；
我们的民族在埃及无助之时已亲历你是如此，如今在相似的处境中，我们唯一的盼望仍在于你的良善。
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3. Three besetting sins of Israel are here renounced, trust in Assyria, application to Egypt for its cavalry (forbidden,
De 17:16;
compare
Ho 7:11; 11:5; 12:1; 2Ki 17:4; Ps 33:17; Isa 30:2, 16; 31:1),
and idolatry.
fatherless--descriptive of the destitute state of Israel, when severed from God, their true Father. We shall henceforth trust in none but Thee, the only Father of the fatherless, and Helper of the destitute
(Ps 10:14; 68:5);
our nation has experienced Thee such in our helpless state in Egypt, and now in a like state again our only hope is Thy goodness.
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4. 这是神对他们那自定己罪的祷告所施的恩慈回应。
背道——即叛教：不是偶发的退后。神能医治最绝望的罪恶【加尔文（CALVIN）】。
甘心——以白白的、不配得的、丰盛的爱
（Eze 16:60-63）。
对属灵的以色列也是如此
（Joh 15:16; Ro 3:24; 5:8; 1Jo 4:10）。
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4. God's gracious reply to their self-condemning prayer.
backsliding--apostasy: not merely occasional backslidings. God can heal the most desperate sinfulness [CALVIN].
freely--with a gratuitous, unmerited, and abundant love
(Eze 16:60-63).
So as to the spiritual Israel
(Joh 15:16; Ro 3:24; 5:8; 1Jo 4:10).
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5. 如甘露——东方甘露丰沛，替代了其他地区较频繁的雨水。神不作“速散的早晨甘露”，而是恒久不变
（Ho 6:3, 4; Job 29:19; Pr 19:12）。
百合花——没有植物比百合花更繁多，一根常发五十球【普林尼（PLINY），《自然史》，21.5】。寻常百合为白色，由六片如钟形张开的花瓣组成。王百合可高达三四英尺；
Mt 6:29
即指其花之美丽。
根如利巴嫩——即如利巴嫩的树木（特别是香柏树），向下扎根之深与向上生长之高相等，因此不可动摇【哲罗姆（JEROME）】，
（Isa 10:34）。
属灵的成长，最要紧的在于那看不见的根的生长。
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5. as the dew--which falls copiously in the East, taking the place of the more frequent rains in other regions. God will not be "as the early dew that goeth away," but constant
(Ho 6:3, 4; Job 29:19; Pr 19:12).
the lily--No plant is more productive than the lily, one root often producing fifty bulbs [PLINY, Natural History, 21.5]. The common lily is white, consisting of six leaves opening like bells. The royal lily grows to the height of three or four feet;
Mt 6:29
alludes to the beauty of its flowers.
roots as Lebanon--that is, as the trees of Lebanon (especially the cedars), which cast down their roots as deeply as is their height upwards; so that they are immovable [JEROME],
(Isa 10:34).
Spiritual growth consists most in the growth of the root which is out of sight.
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6. 枝条——指嫩芽或根蘖。
荣美……如橄榄树——橄榄树永不落叶。一种植物不足以尽述神选民诸般的恩典。百合花描绘其可爱的生长；但它缺乏耐久与坚固，故加上根深的利巴嫩香柏树；然而这些不结果子，所以又加上结果、赐平安、芳香、四季常青的橄榄树。
香气如利巴嫩——因利巴嫩散发出香树与香花的芬芳。照样以色列的美名必在众人中间成为馨香
（Ge 27:27; So 4:11）。
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6. branches--shoots, or suckers.
beauty . . . as the olive--which never loses its verdure. One plant is not enough to express the graces of God's elect people. The lily depicts its lovely growth; but as it wants duration and firmness, the deeply rooted cedars of Lebanon are added; these, however, are fruitless, therefore the fruitful, peace-bearing, fragrant, ever green olive is added.
smell as Lebanon--which exhaled from it the fragrance of odoriferous trees and flowers. So Israel's name shall be in good savor with all
(Ge 27:27; So 4:11).
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7. 从前住在以色列荫下的人（却被迫离开），必归回，即得恢复
（Eze 35:9）。
另有人将“祂的荫下”解作耶和华的（参
Ps 17:8; 91:1; Isa 4:6），
这与
Ho 14:1, 2
（“归向耶和华” 等）相符。但
Ho 14:6
中的“他”既指以色列，此处也必指同一对象。
如谷穗发旺——如长久埋在地里的谷粒发芽、结实繁多，他们也要从灾难中复兴，后裔大大增多（参
Joh 12:24）。
他的香气——即以色列的美名。参
Ho 14:6，
“他的香气如利巴嫩”；
So 1:3：
“你的名如同倒出来的香膏。”七十士译本支持边注“记念”。
如利巴嫩的酒——其香气、滋味与药用的滋补之能，素负盛名。
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7. 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
Ps 17:8; 91:1; Isa 4:6),
which
Ho 14:1, 2
("return unto the Lord," &c.) favor. But the "his" in
Ho 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
Ho 14:6,
"His smell as Lebanon";
So 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.
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8. 以法莲必说*——因神的恩慈被引致悔改，承认并憎恶自己过去的狂妄。
我已听见……留意看他——我耶和华已经应允他，并以恩惠眷顾他；与神“向人掩面”相反
（De 31:17）。
正因他经历了神的恩惠——与从前神向他所发的忿怒相对——以法莲才憎恶自己过去的拜偶像。耶和华听了并应允：而以法莲如今看明，偶像不能听，更不能应允。
我是……青翠的松树——或作柏树；四季常青，冬夏无异，叶子在冬天也不凋落。
你的果子从我而得——“从我”而得，因我是根源。你不必再到别处去寻所需的一切；不仅是柏树之荫所暗示的保护，还包括柏树所没有的，即果子——一切属灵与今世的福气。或许也含意：以法莲所寻求或所得的一切属灵恩典，都不是出于自己，乃是出于神
（Ps 1:3; Joh 15:4, 5, 8; Jas 1:17）。
神对我们的应许，比我们对神的应许，更是我们必能治死罪的保证
（Isa 27:9）。
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8. Ephraim shall say--being brought to penitence by God's goodness, and confessing and abhorring his past madness.
I have heard . . . and observed him--I Jehovah have answered and regarded him with favor; the opposite of God's "hiding His face from" one
(De 31:17).
It is the experience of God's favor, in contrast to God's wrath heretofore, that leads Ephraim to abhor his past idolatry. Jehovah heard and answered: whereas the idols, as Ephraim now sees, could not hear, much less answer.
I am . . . a green fir--or cypress; ever green, winter and summer alike; the leaves not falling off in winter.
From me is thy fruit found--"From Me," as the root. Thou needest go no farther than Me for the supply of all thy wants; not merely the protection implied by the shadow of the cypress, but that which the cypress has not, namely, fruit, all spiritual and temporal blessings. It may be also implied, that whatever spiritual graces Ephraim seeks for or may have, are not of themselves, but of God
(Ps 1:3; Joh 15:4, 5, 8; Jas 1:17).
God's promises to us are more our security for mortifying sin than our promises to God
(Isa 27:9).
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9. 跋—— 总结上文全部的教训。全书惟独此处何西阿用“义人”一辞，可见这样的人物在他当时何等稀少。神的话语中，拯救的真理足够清楚，足以引导那谦卑寻求救恩的人；其中的难解之处也足够多，足以使那些好奇寻索疑难、却不务实地寻求救恩之人困惑。
跌倒——因着与他们的偏见和私欲相抵触、或超过他们自以为智慧之理解的难处，就绊跌并被绊倒（参
Pr 10:29; Mic 2:7; Mt 11:19; Lu 2:34; Joh 7:17; 1Pe 2:7, 8）。
凡诚心寻求当行之道的人，神必向他指明当信之道。对某些人来说，基督是房角石；对另一些人，却是绊脚的石头、跌人的磐石。同一位日头，使蜡软化，却使泥变硬。然而最致命的跌倒，是那些跌在神道上、在万古磐石上撞碎、又从基列的乳香中吸取毒汁之人的跌倒。
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9. EPILOGUE, summing up the whole previous teaching. Here alone Hosea uses the term "righteous," so rare were such characters in his day. There is enough of saving truth clear in God's Word to guide those humbly seeking salvation, and enough of difficulties to confound those who curiously seek them out, rather than practically seek salvation.
fall--stumble and are offended at difficulties opposed to their prejudices and lusts, or above their self-wise understanding (compare
Pr 10:29; Mic 2:7; Mt 11:19; Lu 2:34; Joh 7:17; 1Pe 2:7, 8).
To him who sincerely seeks the agenda, God will make plain the credenda. Christ is the foundation-stone to some: a stone of stumbling and rock of offense to others. The same sun softens wax and hardens clay. But their fall is the most fatal who fall in the ways of God, split on the Rock of ages, and suck poison out of the Balm of Gilead.
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Ho 14:1-9.
神应许在他们悔改后赐福：预言他们将离弃偶像崇拜；全书的结论：义人必行在神的道上，罪人却要在其中跌倒
1. 你因自己的罪孽跌倒——（Ho 5:5; 13:9）。