Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, when I restore the fortunes of my people.
- BSB Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.
- NKJV Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you, When I return the captives of My people.
- NASB Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, When I restore the fortunes of My people.
- NLT “O Judah, a harvest of punishment is also waiting for you, though I wanted to restore the fortunes of my people.
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Quick answer
A harvest of judgment is also appointed for Judah, even as God speaks of restoring His people's fortunes.
Overview
Judah is not exempt; a "harvest" of reckoning awaits her too, though the verse also hints at God's intention to restore the captive fortunes of His people. Judgment and the promise of restoration stand together, as is characteristic of Hosea. This blend of warning and hope anticipates the gospel pattern in which judgment falls but restoration follows for those who are God's.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Joel 3:13Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
- Job 42:10And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
- Jer 51:33For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
- Rev 14:15And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
- Mic 4:12But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
- Ps 126:1When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
- Zeph 2:7And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
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God's relentless love for an unfaithful bride dramatizes the gospel: 'Out of Egypt I called my son' is fulfilled in Jesus, who redeems an adulterous people at his own cost.
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