Hosea 14:8
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.
Context
This verse from Hosea Chapter 14 connects to 10 cross-references. The book concludes with a call to return with words of repentance: 'Take away all iniquity; accept what is good.' God promises to heal their apostasy and love them freely. Israel will blossom like the lily and strike roots like …
תרגומים נוספים
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.
O Ephraim, what to Me any more with idols? I--I afflicted, and I cause him to sing: `I <FI>am<Fi> as a green fir-tree,' From Me is thy fruit found.
As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.
הפניות צולבות
That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited …
The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify …
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle …
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will …
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember …
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed …
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw …
So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.