“Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, when I restore the fortunes of my people.
Parallel translations
- KJV Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity 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 in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the wine press is full, the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.”
- Job 42:10Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before.
- Jer 51:33For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden. Yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.”
- Rev 14:15Another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Send your sickle, and reap; for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe!”
- Mic 4:12But they don’t know the thoughts of Yahweh, neither do they understand his counsel; for he has gathered them like the sheaves to the threshing floor.
- Ps 126:1A Song of Ascents. When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.
- Zeph 2:7The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah. They will find pasture. In the houses of Ashkelon, they will lie down in the evening, for Yahweh, their God, will visit them, and restore them.
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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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