Hosea 3:5

Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king. ¹  Then they will submit to the Lord in fear and receive his blessings ²  in the future. ³ 

Nu 24:14; De 4:30; 1Ki 12:16; Ps 130:3,4; Isa 2:2; Isa 27:12,13; Isa 55:3,4; Jer 3:22,23; Jer 30:9; Jer 30:24; Jer 31:6-10; Jer 33:9; Jer 33:17; Jer 50:4,5; Eze 16:63; Eze 34:23,24; Eze 37:22-25; Eze 38:8,16; Da 2:28; Da 10:14; Ho 5:6,15; Am 9:11; Mic 4:1; Ac 15:16-18; Ro 2:4; Ro 11:25

¹ 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 would 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).

² tn Heb “his goodness”; NLT “his good gifts.”

³ tn Heb “in the end of the days.” Cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NCV, NLT “in the last days.”