Hosea 3:4-5
4For the Israelites ▼▼tn Heb “sons of Israel” (so NASB); cf. KJV “children of Israel,” and NAB “people of Israel” (likewise in the following verse).
must live many days without a king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred fertility pillar, without ephod or idols. 5Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king. ▼▼tn Heb “David their king”; cf. NCV “the king from David’s family”; TEV “a descendant of David their king”; NLT “David’s descendant, their king.”
▼▼sn It is not clear whether Hosea was predicting a restoration of Davidic kingship over Israel and Judah (e.g. Jer 17:25; 22:2) or referring to the ultimate Davidic king, namely, the Messiah, who will fulfill the conditions of the Davidic covenant and inaugurate/fulfill the blessings of the Davidic covenant for Israel. The Messiah is frequently pictured as the “new David” because he will fulfill the ideals of the Davidic covenant and be everything that David and his descendants were commissioned to be (e.g., Isa 9:7 [6]; 16:5; Jer 23:5-6; 30:9; 33:15-16; Ezek 34:23-24; 37:24-25).
Then they will submit to the Lord in fear and receive his blessings ▼▼tn Heb “his goodness”; cf. NLT “his good gifts.”
in future days. ▼
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