Hosea 14 in the early church
[Vulgate: Osee]
30 passages quote, allude to, or echo Hosea 14, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Hosea 14:2
Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hos 14:2 | Demonstration 14.2 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Hos 14:2 (14:3 LXX) | Liber Orsiesii 44 · Orsiesius | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 380-390 |
Hosea 14:3
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.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hos 14:3–9 (14:4-Hos LXX) | Liber Orsiesii 45 · Orsiesius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
Hosea 14:8
O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hos 14:8 (14:9 LXX) | The Conferences 3.13 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Hosea 14:9
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | To Autolycus 2.38 · Theophilus of Antioch | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–185 |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | Miscellanies 5.10.63 · Clement of Alexandria | echo, low confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | Miscellanies 6.15.115 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | Commentary on Daniel 2.3-4 · Hippolytus of Rome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | PG 12:1149 (Ps 4 LXX) · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | Commentary on John 6.276 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| Hos 14:9 | On Prayer 2.5 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 233–234 |
| Hos 14:9 | On Prayer 27.14 · Origen | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 233–234 |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | Homilies on Ezekiel 9.5 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | Homilies on Numbers 27.8 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | Against Celsus 3.45 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | Against Celsus 4.50 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | Commentary on Romans 8.6 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Hos 14:9 | Demonstration 13.10 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | Oration 14.21 · Gregory of Nazianzus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | Oration 14.30 · Gregory of Nazianzus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | Letter 78.43 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | Letter 119.10 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | On the Holy Spirit 14.31 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 374–375 |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | Ancoratus 27.2 · Epiphanius of Salamis | quotation, high confidence | 374 |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 40.3.2 · Epiphanius of Salamis | quotation, high confidence | 374-377 |
| Hos 14:9 | Eleven Tractates 9.122 · Priscillian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380–385 |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX) | Exposition of Psalm 118 2.2.1 · Ambrose | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| Hos 14:9 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 39.16.6 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Hos 14:9 | Sermon 355.6 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Hos 14:9 (14:10 Vulg.) | The Conferences 24.24 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |