#Hosea 14

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God

1 Return, O Israel, / To Jehovah your God, / For you have fallen by your iniquity.

2 Take words with you, / And return to Jehovah; / Say to Him, / Forgive all iniquity, / And take us graciously; / Thus we will render our lips as bulls.

3 Assyria will not save us; / We will not ride upon horses. / Neither will we say again to the work of our hands, Our God! / Because in You the orphan finds compassion.

4 I will heal their apostasy; / I will love them freely; / For My anger has turned away from him.

5 I will be like the dew to Israel; / He will bud like the lily / And will send forth his roots like the trees of Lebanon.

6 His shoots will go forth; / And his splendor will be like that of the olive tree, / And his fragrance, like that of the trees of Lebanon.

7 Those who sit under his shade will return; / They will revive like grain / And will bud like the vine; / His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

8 Ephraim says, What have I yet to do with idols? / I respond and look on him. / I am like a green fir tree; / From Me your fruit is found.

9 Who is wise? / Then let him understand these things. / Who is intelligent? Then let him know them. / For the ways of Jehovah are right, / And the righteous will walk in them, / But the transgressors will stumble in them. — Hosea 14 | Recovery Version (REC) The Recovery Version of the Holy Bible © 2009 Living Stream Ministry. All rights reserved. Cross References: Job 29:19; Job 34:32; Psalm 10:14; Psalm 33:17; Psalm 50:14; Psalm 92:12; Song of Solomon 4:11; Isaiah 12:1; Isaiah 19:22; Isaiah 41:19; Isaiah 55:1; Ezekiel 17:23; Ezekiel 33:11; Hosea 2:21-22; Matthew 6:28; Acts 13:10; Hebrews 13:15; Revelation 15:3

[jeffersonvann]

hard reboot

20240601 Photo by Josh Sorenson on Pexels.com hard reboot Hosea 14:9 (JDV) 9 Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the LORD are right; the godly walk in them, but in them the rebellious stumble. Do you feel that sometimes you are just not wise enough to deal with all the problems you face, or discerning sufficient to help…

[pompadourks]

Dutch and Hosea when you tell them there will be illiterate orphans at the function

[deadbootcreek]

frothing at the mouth

i started a new fic (i swear to God i'll finish this one i pinky promise i don't know how many times i've mentioned writing on this blog but i have never finished anything ever)

i like it so far it's good ithink

[mango-harvest]

its so frustrating when you start writing again after like a couple of months of break and when you wake up the next day you read your fic and ueghhg... its so BAD i can do so much better i promise give me another chance to prove myself.....

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[jaguar726]

Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips

Daily Verse Reading – Hosea 14:2-9 2 Take words with youand return to the Lord.Say to him:“Forgive all our sinsand receive us graciously,that we may offer the fruit of our lips.[a]3 Assyria cannot save us;we will not mount warhorses.We will never again say ‘Our gods’to what our own hands have made,for in you the fatherless find compassion.” 4 “I will heal their waywardnessand love them…

[bojackson54]

The Smitten Suitor and the Unfaithful Wife: Can They Find Restoration?

Sin, addiction, and selfishness threatened to destroy the relationship between the Smitten Suitor and the wayward bride. There was a destructive pattern of behavior which caused irreparable harm. Restoration seemed impossible between them, because the betrayal was too personal, and the wounds were too deep. As we continue our devotional journey through the entire Bible, the Book of Hosea is one…

[tom4jc]

Hosea 14:4 God Restores The Backslider

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, for My anger has turned away from him. Hosea 14:4 There are some people who love to take something that is old, broken down and worn out and restore it back to new. They see something of great value in what most people would just discard and have nothing to do with. Over time and effort, the item is restored and made useful again with much…

[touchofgoddotworld]

Looking at the End Times (Part 3) (204) - July 29 2023

God has a plan for each of us during these end times. We cannot just do what everyone else is doing. We must be in right relationship with the Lord every day to know His will for us and be led on the narrow path by His Holy Spirit. If we do what our friends are doing or what is popular, we may not be in the Lord’s will. Being in right relationship with the Lord will guide you through these end…

[outlawruben]

Do y’all ever wonder if Dutch and Hosea knew they were going to raise an absolute UNIT like Arthur? Like he was once a skinny and rambunctious 14 year old street orphan and they took a chance on him and fed him as he grew into a fucking BEAST who is arguably bulkier than the two of them combined, and has become the main brawn of the gang.

This is basically just an Arthur Physique appreciation post but GOD DAMN.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

An Exhortation to Repentance

Return, Israel, to the Lord your God, because your sins have brought you down.

Take words like these with you and come back to the Lord, saying to him, "Please take away all our guilt, accept what is good, and we will repay you with praise from our lips." — Hosea 14:1-2 | Free Bible Version (FBV) The Free Bible Version is a project of Free Bible Ministry; Copyright © 2018, Free Bible Ministry. All right rights reserved. Cross References: Psalm 50:14; Psalm 51:16-17; Psalm 119:108; Isaiah 19:22; Ezekiel 33:11; Ezekiel 33:14; Hosea 4:8; Hebrews 13:15

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Commentary on Hosea 14 by Matthew Henry

[jeffersonvann]

four confessions

20240530 Photo by Stanislav Kondratiev on Pexels.com four confessions Hosea 14:1-3 (JDV) Hosea 14:1 Return, O Israel, to Yahveh your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.Hosea 14:2 Take with you words and return to Yahveh; say to him, “Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.Hosea 14:3 Assyria shall not save us; we will not…

[graceandpeacejoanne]

Isaiah 25: When Tears Are Wiped Away

Jesus also spoke a number of times of a celebratory feast to be enjoyed with God. #MarriageoftheLamb #Isaiah25 #EveryTearWipedAway

The Lord’s Banquet On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples    a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines,    of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. Isaiah 25:6 (NRSV) Isaiah foresaw a rich banquet spread for the people of God on God’s holy mountain, much like the feast Moses and the seventy elders attended, and reminiscent of the Lord’s…

[ellamorgan333]

dutch showing hosea the 14 year old orphan that cant read he wants to snatch up

[nthspecialll]

Dutch Van Der Linde as the saviour and his early crime life.

Dutch Van Der Linde and his early life beyond the fact that his father died in the war and he ran away from his mother at the age of 15 is a mystery to us as players, however due to the fact he prefered a life of petty crime we assume that his mother was a terrible person, something that might not be true.

Unlike the majority of the gang Dutch does not have evidence of a terrible childhood, he was not orphaned, he was not fleeing from the government, he did not fear for his life and we cannot say that his mother was abusive, almost quite the contrary.

In Dutch's own words, he ran away because he and his mother "did not see eye to eye," and while this can indicate abuse the fact he follows up with "I was not always an obedient child" very much makes it seem like it was his own fault. He continues to talk about how they both loved one another in their own ways, meaning he ran away not because he had to but because he wanted to, especially as the reasons he was "not an obedient child" could very well be because he was young and rebellious.

What makes this even worse is that Dutch mentions having had a price on his head for fifteen years while he actually has been on the run for 29 as he is 44, this means for 14 years he committed crimes, did not have a price on his head, and had the choice to turn back to a "regular life." Now he might just have said 15 as a "about this many years but not the exact" but you don't get it wrong by 14 years.

Dutch mentions that he did not know that his mother was burried in Blackwater but was only told a few years later by an uncle. His mother died in 1881 (her grave can be found), he met Hosea in 1876, met Arthur in 1877 and had been on the run since 1870, meaning he was still in contact with his family at least in 1884, seven years after meeting Arthur.

Milton talks about Dutch being a Messiah, a savior for the people, and Dutch keeps saying "we" this and "we" that but the truth is he is nothing like them, Dutch chose his situation and had many chances to turn back but didn't, while the others in one way or another was forced into it. He also has many advantages, such as being in contact with his family, something which a character like Javier is forced not to and we only see one other character cannonically do, Pearson. Not only that but Dutch often reinforce his role as a boss by having his own tent, having expensive clothing, telling Molly that she doesn't need to work for the mere fact that she is his girl. He does not need to do this, everyone is already loyal to him, yet he does it for nothing more than to serve his own ego.

Now some would say he ran away to make a better world, but there is something wrong with that theory.

Dutch's favorite author is Evelyn Miller who is based on the real romantic/transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. Romanticism is a philosophy that dislikes the wealthy and the industrialization and wants people to embrace a more "authentic" life, which is why Thoreau as a more wealthy man wanted to do an experiment for two years where he moved into a cabin. He wanted to, for the experience of it, live in the woods, such as Dutch did not run away from his possible rich life because he needed to but for the experience of it.

Dutch did not spoil his chance at a normal life for love, he didn't spoil it for "a better world," he didn't spoil it for necessity, he spoiled it for fun, for the experience.

Imagine being Javier, hearing the man who claimed to understand you, say that he still is in touch with his family while you don't know if your sister is even alive. Imagine being Arthur, hearing the man who claimed to understand you, say that he chose a life of crime as an experience while you were forced into it to survive and now hate yourself for it. Imagine being Charles, hearing the man who claimed to understand you, say he chose to hurt for fun while you wish you had another way.

Based on conversations I had with @werewolfarthurmorganenjoyer and @heavenlymorals.