Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a flourishing juniper; your fruitfulness comes from me.” New Living Translation “O Israel, stay away from idols! I am the one who answers your prayers and cares for you. I am like a tree that is always green; all your fruit comes from me.” English Standard Version O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; from me comes your fruit. Berean Standard Bible O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me. King James Bible Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. New King James Version “Ephraim shall say, ‘What have I to do anymore with idols?’ I have heard and observed him. I am like a green cypress tree; Your fruit is found in Me.” New American Standard Bible Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like a luxuriant juniper; From Me comes your fruit. NASB 1995 O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like a luxuriant cypress; From Me comes your fruit. NASB 1977 O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like a luxuriant cypress; From Me comes your fruit. Legacy Standard Bible O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like a luxuriant cypress; From Me comes your fruit. Amplified Bible O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? It is I who have answered and will care for you and watch over you. I am like a luxuriant cypress tree; With Me your fruit is found [which is to nourish you]. Christian Standard Bible Ephraim, why should I have anything more to do with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing pine tree; your fruit comes from me. Holman Christian Standard Bible Ephraim, why should I have anything more to do with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing pine tree; your fruit comes from Me. American Standard Version Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found. Contemporary English Version Israel, give up your idols! I will answer your prayers and take care of you. I am that glorious tree, the source of your fruit. English Revised Version Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir tree; from me is thy fruit found. GOD'S WORD® Translation "The people of Ephraim will have nothing more to do with idols. I will answer them and take care of them. I am like a growing pine tree. Their fruit comes from me." Good News Translation The people of Israel will have nothing more to do with idols; I will answer their prayers and take care of them. Like an evergreen tree I will shelter them; I am the source of all their blessings." International Standard Version "Ephraim, what have I in common with idols? I have listened and will pay attention to him. I am like a flourishing cypress; in me will your fruit be found." Majority Standard Bible O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me. NET Bible O Ephraim, I do not want to have anything to do with idols anymore! I will answer him and care for him. I am like a luxuriant cypress tree; your fruitfulness comes from me! New Heart English Bible Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green fir tree; from me your fruit is found." Webster's Bible Translation Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir-tree. From me is thy fruit found. World English Bible Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green cypress tree; from me your fruit is found.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionO Ephraim, what have I anymore to do with idols? I have answered, and I look after him: I [am] as a green fir-tree, "" Your fruit is found from Me. Young's Literal Translation O Ephraim, what to Me any more with idols? I -- I afflicted, and I cause him to sing: 'I am as a green fir-tree,' From Me is thy fruit found. Smith's Literal Translation Ephraim: What to me yet to images? I humbled, and I will regard him: I as the green cypress From me thy fruit was found. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleEphraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I will hear him, and I will make him flourish like a green fir tree: from me is thy fruit found. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Ephraim! What more have I to do with idols? I have humbled him, but I will take note of him. I am like a verdant cypress tree. From me fruit will be found for you! New Revised Standard Version O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; your faithfulness comes from me. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleEphraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have humbled him, and I will glorify him; I am like a green fir tree. From me is your fruit found. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Aphreim shall say: ”What more have I to do with idols?” And I have humbled him, and I have found him as an almond tree thickly grown, also from me your fruits are found OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Ephraim [shall say]: 'What have I to do any more with idols?' As for Me, I respond and look on him; I am like a leafy cypress-tree; From Me is thy fruit found. Brenton Septuagint Translation What has he to do any more with idols? I have afflicted him, and I will strengthen him: I am as a leafy juniper tree. From me is thy fruit found. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Promise of God's Blessing…7They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon. 8O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me. 9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.… Cross References John 15:5 I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. Isaiah 41:19-20 I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together, / so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.” Jeremiah 17:7-8 But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him. / He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit. Psalm 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does. Ezekiel 36:8-11 But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home. / For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown. / I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. ... Romans 11:17-18 Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, / do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. Isaiah 60:21 Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified. Philippians 1:11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, / gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Psalm 92:12-14 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. / Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. / In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain, Ezekiel 17:22-24 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. / I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches. / Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’” Matthew 7:17-20 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. / A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. / Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ... Isaiah 27:6 In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit. Colossians 1:10 so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, Jeremiah 31:33-34 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. / No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.” Treasury of Scripture Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is your fruit found. What. Hosea 14:2,3 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… Job 34:32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. Acts 19:18-20 And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds… I have. Job 33:27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; Jeremiah 31:18-20 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God… Luke 15:20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. I am. Isaiah 41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: Isaiah 55:13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. Isaiah 60:13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. From me. John 1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. John 15:1-8 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman… Galatians 5:22,23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, … Jump to Previous Afflicted Branching Care Cause Cypress Cypress-Tree Ephraim E'phraim False. Fir Fir-Tree Found Fruit Gods Green Heard Idols Leafy Observe Observed Pine Regard Respond Sing Tree WatchJump to Next Afflicted Branching Care Cause Cypress Cypress-Tree Ephraim E'phraim False. Fir Fir-Tree Found Fruit Gods Green Heard Idols Leafy Observe Observed Pine Regard Respond Sing Tree WatchHosea 14 1. An exhortation to repentance.4. A promise of God's blessing. O Ephraim The name "Ephraim" refers to one of the tribes of Israel, often used to represent the Northern Kingdom as a whole. Historically, Ephraim was a leading tribe, and its name is frequently used in the prophetic books to symbolize the collective identity of the northern tribes. In this context, God is addressing Ephraim directly, signifying a personal and intimate call to repentance and restoration. The use of "Ephraim" underscores the covenant relationship between God and His people, reminding them of their identity and calling. what have I to do anymore with idols? I answer him and care for him I am like a green cypress tree your fruit comes from Me Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew O Ephraim,אֶפְרַ֕יִם (’ep̄·ra·yim) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory what מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what have I to do לִּ֥י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew anymore ע֖וֹד (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more with idols? לָֽעֲצַבִּ֑ים (lā·‘ă·ṣab·bîm) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6091: An, image It is I אֲנִ֧י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I who answer עָנִ֣יתִי (‘ā·nî·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 6030: To answer, respond and watch over him. וַאֲשׁוּרֶ֗נּוּ (wa·’ă·šū·ren·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 7789: To spy out, survey, lurk for, care for I [am] like אֲנִי֙ (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I a green רַֽעֲנָ֔ן (ra·‘ă·nān) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7488: Verdant, new, prosperous cypress tree; כִּבְר֣וֹשׁ (kiḇ·rō·wōš) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1265: A cypress, tree, a lance, a musical instrument your fruit פֶּרְיְךָ֥ (per·yə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6529: Fruit comes נִמְצָֽא׃ (nim·ṣā) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present from Me. מִמֶּ֖נִּי (mim·men·nî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of Links Hosea 14:8 NIVHosea 14:8 NLT Hosea 14:8 ESV Hosea 14:8 NASB Hosea 14:8 KJV Hosea 14:8 BibleApps.com Hosea 14:8 Biblia Paralela Hosea 14:8 Chinese Bible Hosea 14:8 French Bible Hosea 14:8 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Hosea 14:8 Ephraim what have I to do any (Ho Hs Hos.) |
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