Hosea 14:2
Take
with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and
receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
a. Stone
Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings (Hosea 14:3: Take words with you and return to
HASHEM; say unto Him, “May You forgive all iniquity and accept good
[intentions], and let our lips substitute for bulls.
b. Septuagint:
Take with you words, and turn to the
Lord your God: speak to him, that ye may not receive the reward of unrighteousness,
but that ye may receive good things: and we will render in return the fruit of
our lips.
c. NLT:
Bring your confessions, and return to the LORD. Say to him, “Forgive all our
sins and graciously receive us, so that we may offer you our praises.
d.
Amplified Bible: Take with you words and return to the Lord. Say to Him, Take
away all our iniquity; accept what is good and receive
us graciously; so will we render [our thanks] as bullocks [to be sacrificed] and pay
the confession of our lips.
1.
“Take with you words, and turn to the LORD…”
a. God
has chosen the medium of speaking words as the means of us communicating to Him
for salvation and of speaking faith. We repent with our words, cry out for
mercy and salvation with our words. We speak out the faith in our heart with
words.
1). Romans
10:6-9 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not
in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down
from above:)
Or, Who
shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
But
what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that
is, the word of faith, which we preach;
That if
thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine
heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For
with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation.
2).
Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
3).
Mark 11:22-24And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever
shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea;
and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he
saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Therefore
I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye
receive them, and ye shall have them.
4). 2
Corinthians 4:13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is
written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and
therefore speak.
b. We
can worship God with our words. Hallelujah! What a wonderful blessing that
anytime we want we can worship the Most High God and tell Him of our love.
Jesus is the High Priest of our profession, our confession, the words of our heart
and mouth. Of the many things we can give him to offer to the Father for us,
the words of our mouth are one of them.
1).
Hebrews 3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider
the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus.
2). The
note under Hosea 14:3 in the Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: An
essential part of repentance is that one feel remorse for his past failings and
sincerely resolve to improve. Thus the penitent begins by begging God to look
favorably upon the good intentions and to accept the prayers, confession, and
pledges of his lips in place of, and as more worthy than, fatted bulls as
offerings, which may look superficially impressive but are lacking in inner
content.
2.
“…so will we render the calves of our lips.”
a.
calves [6499 * par][Gesenius: young bull, steer, bullock.]
b. It
is a very wonderful and fulfilling truth of Scripture that we can offer
sacrifices to God through our bodily members. It was a prominent truth under
the Old Covenant and it has of course passed into the New Covenant.
1).
Psalm 141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting
up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
2).
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye
present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is
your reasonable service.
c.
Hence we have in Hebrews the link of our lips and our words giving sacrifice to
God with what we praise.
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