This is the valet, he decides. It would be best to put everything in the indicative [not the conjunctive as in the Vulgate].
V. 1. [For they are disobedient to their God].
Amaricat Deum, that is, disobey their GOd. "It shall be over." He prophesies clearly of the kingdom of Christ.
V. 2 Convert.
This kingdom of Ephraim has fallen away, 2) therefore send yourselves to another kingdom. It will be a new way. Not with oxen and sheep, but with words and confession [of sins] "it will come to pass.
V. 3. Take these words with you.
There is no other sacrifice in the New Testament than the sacrifice of praise. We are not to take refuge in our works, but in grace and mercy. Confessing sin and thirsting for mercy is the voice of the new people. - ["And do us good."] [Accipe] bonum,
That is, take the good that thou givest us, which thou wilt divide among us, as if to say, Put away thine anger, and our iniquity out of thine hand, and take the good that thou givest us. "These are the right farrows," that is, the thanksgivings and preachings of the gospel; that is, the sacrifices of the Old Testament. Paul says [Rom. 15, 16.], "I offer," that is, I treat in priestly! way "the gospel", that
2) So put by us; in the original: "is dohi" an gelegen".
it becomes a sacrifice etc. - "The farrows," that is, the words of the sermon. In the Epistle to the Hebrews Cap. 13, 15. it says, "the fruit of the lips." It is clear that he read "fruit" instead of "farren" in the Hebrew. These "farrows" are also spoken of in the 51st Psalm at the end [v. 21. - "Turn ye" etc. "Depart" from this [false] confidence and expect 3) Christ.
V. 4. We will no longer ride on steeds.
We do not trust in our strength. Isaiah says [Cap. 30, 15.], "By being still and hoping." - "Neither say any more." We will worship no more with these services etc. - ["Finding grace with thee."] In te means through thee. Through you the orphan will yet come to mercy, that is, that wretched people will obtain mercy through you.
V. 5. So I will heal their departure again.
The promise follows. Sanabo conversionem eorum, that is, those who are converted from this people, that is, those who are to be converted; I will show my love so that they will see that they do not deserve it, but in everything the opposite.
V. 6. [I will be like a dew to Israel.] 4)
Israel will be ruined, and yet I will be "like a dew" to [him], that is, I will be preached like a sanf-.
3) Instead of expectatis, it will probably read expeetuts.
4) Here is no keyword in our template and the Vermahl "6." is only at the note to IMum.
ter rain. This is also written in Micah [Cap. 5, 6]. No one knows how this word comes down from Christ through the miraculous work of the Holy Spirit. - Lilium, rather "a rose." Ephraim will be destroyed, but I will have mercy on it, that is, it will be a beautiful people, but with God of red color.
V. 7. and its branches spread out.
[Vulg.: "His branches will go", that is, they will extend far, they will spread, namely over the whole world. In pleasure he speaks in images. "An olive tree." "Shall praise thee" as an oel tree, that is, the Christian people will be a people of mercy and grace. The oil tree "shall be praised" because of the oil. A gentle, lovely people. 1) - "Ruch." "Will have good ruch" etc. It is the good odor of which the Christian people are fragrant. Paul says [2 Cor. 2, 15.], "We are a good smell to God" etc.
V. 8. and shall sit under his shadow again.
Namely, of the olive tree or Lebanon. Those will be converted who are under Lebanon; those will be cast out who are not under Lebanon, that is, the Church. - "On grain they shall feed and flourish like a vine." He understands by this the preaching of the Gospel. - ["Like the vine
peius we have assumed populus to make any sense at all. LLoIIis is not a keyword.
2) It must have been the best wine, in my opinion it is the Gospel. If you want to relate it to the Sacrament of the Altar, you can do it. It is a beautiful promise of the kingdom and grace of Christ.
V. 9. Ephraim, why should I continue to worship idols?
Here the Spirit boasts that Ephraim will have no more idols. - ["I will be as a hasty greening fir tree."] "Greening," ever greening, implying that Christ's kingdom and word stand fast in persecution and prosperity. - "In me," not in you. The sermon is of mercy and the denial of all things that are ours. [Joh. 15, 5.:] "I am the vine, you are the branches" etc.
V. 10 Who is wise to understand this and prudent to know this?
That is, few. Glorious are the promises, but who understands them? They cling to their splendor, but who will attain this? The church is a briar; they are deterred by the cross. - "The ways of the Lord are right," but they will be considered heretical and condemned. - Praevaricatores, "the transgressors." Here you have how the gospel should go. The poor "will mend their ways", the others, who are in the pomp, "will be vexed" etc.
This is what Luther said about Hosea etc.
2) Inserted by us.
1030 L. xLiv, 97 f. Interpretations about the prophets. W. vi.i4ös-r4W. 1031