Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Ephraim 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. What. Hosea 14:2,3 Take with you words, and return to the Lord, and say to him: Take away all iniquity, and receive the good: and we will render the calves of our lips. . . . Job 34:32 If I have erred, teach thou me: if I have spoken iniquity, I will add no more. Acts 19:18-20 And many of them that believed came, confessing and declaring their deeds . . . 1 Thessalonians 1:9 For they themselves relate of us, what manner of entering in we had unto you: and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God. 1 Peter 1:14-16 As children of obedience, not fashioned according to the former desires of your ignorance, . . . 1 Peter 4:3,4 For the time past is sufficient to have fulfilled the will of the Gentiles, for them who have walked in riotousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings and unlawful worshipping of idols. . . . I have. Job 33:27 He shall look upon men, and shall say: I have sinned, and indeed I have offended, and I have not received what I have deserved. Jeremiah 31:18-20 Hearing I heard Ephraim when he went into captivity: thou hast chastised me, and I was instructed, as a young bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. Convert me, and I shall be converted, for thou art the Lord my God. . . . Luke 15:20 And rising up, he came to his father. And when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion and running to him fell upon his neck and kissed him. John 1:47,48 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and he saith of him: Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile. . . . I am. Isaiah 41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, and the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree: I will set in the desert the fir tree, the elm, and the box tree together: Isaiah 55:13 Instead of the shrub, shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the nettle, shall come up the myrtle tree: and the Lord shall be named for an everlasting sign, that shall not be taken away. Isaiah 60:13 The glory of Libanus shall come to thee, the fir tree, and the box tree, and the pine tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary: and I will glorify the place of my feet. From me. John 1:16 And of his fulness we all have 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, charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity, . . . Ephesians 5:9 For the fruit of the light is in all goodness and justice and truth: Philippians 1:11 Filled with the fruit of justice, through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. Philippians 2:13 For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish, according to his good will. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things in him who strengtheneth me. James 1:17 Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change nor shadow of alteration. Context A Promise of God's Blessing…7They shall be converted that sit under his shadow: they shall live upon wheat, and they shall blossom as a vine: his memorial shall be as the wine of Libanus. 8Ephraim 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.9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know these things? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall in them.… Cross References Job 34:32 If I have erred, teach thou me: if I have spoken iniquity, I will add no more. Isaiah 41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, and the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree: I will set in the desert the fir tree, the elm, and the box tree together: Ezekiel 17:23 On the high mountains of Israel will I plant it, and it shall shoot forth into branches and shall bear fruit, and it shall become a great cedar: and all birds shall dwell under it, and every fowl shall make its nest under the shadow of the branches thereof. Ezekiel 36:25 And I will pour upon you clean water, and you shall be cleansed from all your filthiness, and I will cleanse you from all your idols. Hosea 14:3 Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses, neither will we say any more: The works of our hands are our gods: for thou wilt have mercy on the fatherless that is in thee. Lexicon O Ephraim,אֶפְרַ֕יִם (’ep̄·ra·yim) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory what מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 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 Hebrew 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more with idols? לָֽעֲצַבִּ֑ים (lā·‘ă·ṣab·bîm) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6091: An, image It is I אֲנִ֧י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 589: I who answer עָנִ֣יתִי (‘ā·nî·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 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 Hebrew 7789: To spy out, survey, lurk for, care for I [am] like אֲנִי֙ (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 589: I a green רַֽעֲנָ֔ן (ra·‘ă·nān) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7488: Verdant, new, prosperous cypress tree; כִּבְר֣וֹשׁ (kiḇ·rō·wōš) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 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 Hebrew 6529: Fruit comes נִמְצָֽא׃ (nim·ṣā) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 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 Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of Additional Translations O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a green cypress tree; your fruit comes from Me.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. 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. 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. Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? (I answer [him], and I will observe him.) I am like a green fir-tree. -- From me is thy fruit found. 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. 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. 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." 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. 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 WatchExternal Links Hosea 14:8 NIVHosea 14:8 NLT Hosea 14:8 ESV Hosea 14:8 NASB Hosea 14:8 ASV Hosea 14:8 Bible Apps Hosea 14:8 Biblia Paralela Hosea 14:8 Chinese Bible Hosea 14:8 French Bible Hosea 14:8 German Bible Alphabetical: a after am and answer care comes cypress do Ephraim for from fruit fruitfulness green have him I idols is It like look luxuriant me more O pine to tree what who will with you your OT Prophets: Hosea 14:8 Ephraim what have I to do any (Ho Hs Hos.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |