KJV King James Version
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
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Hosea 14:3
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
WEB World English Bible
Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’ for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”
ASV American Standard Version
Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Asshur doth not save us, on a horse we ride not, Nor do we say any more, Our God, to the work of our hands, For in Thee find mercy doth the fatherless.’
Surrounding context — Hosea 14
1 O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
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.
3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אַשּׁ֣וּר׀H804 · ash.shurAssyriaלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיוֹשִׁיעֵ֗נוּH3467 · ya.sahto saveעַל־H5921 · aluponסוּס֙H5483 · susswallowלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotנִרְכָּ֔בH7392 · ra.khavto rideוְלֹא־H3808 · lonotנֹ֥אמַרH559 · a.marto sayע֛וֹדH5750 · odstillאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּH430 · e.lo.himGodלְמַעֲשֵׂ֣הH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workיָדֵ֑ינוּH3027 · yadhandאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichבְּךָ֖H9031 · kayouיְרֻחַ֥םH7355 · ra.chamto have compassionיָתֽוֹם׃H3490 · ya.tomorphan
Cross-references
Psalm 10:14Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite [it] with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.Psalm 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, [is] God in his holy habitation.Hosea 14:8Ephraim [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.John 14:18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.Psalm 33:17An horse [is] a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength.Hosea 2:17For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.Isaiah 31:1Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.Isaiah 30:16But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.Proverbs 23:10-11Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:Isaiah 27:9By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this [is] all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.Ezekiel 43:7-9And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, [neither] they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.Jeremiah 31:18-22I 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.Isaiah 2:20In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made [each one] for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;Psalm 20:7-8Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.Hosea 8:9For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.Deuteronomy 17:16But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.Micah 5:10-14And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
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