268 trorm, Illn!uge unb ISlJtac'f)e bet ~ r e b i g t in bet ulJofj:oHfcl)en ~ i t c ' f ) e . sorrow would be a sorrow unto everlasting death. That it is a sorrow unto life is the work of grace alone. Eph. 2, 4--10. Naturally the prophet has in mind not a return of Israel as a nation, but the conversion of those Israelites who are among the elect of God. Among the Ohristi anized Jews and converted heathen there are undoubtedly also descendants of the ten tribes. Luke 2, 36-38. vVith this gracious promise, reminding us of chap. 1, 10. 11 and 2,14--23, Hosea closes the :first part of his book. TH. LAETSCH. gut ~ U t m , ~ ! n l c t g e uub ~ . p t c t d j e bet ~ r e b i g t in ber avuftuItfdjen ~ i r d j e . , , ® ~ ift rein :l'ling, b a ~ !:lie Eeuie me!:jr vei ber S'i'irdje ve!:ji:i:H benn !:lie gute IjSrebig±", b i c f c ~ 9JCo±±0 b e ~ c!:jemaIigen ",\'Jomile±lfdjen j ) ) ( a g a ~ ain" auti bem 24. mrtifel ber muguftana ift mit mlJfidji aUf bem ; t i t e r ~ vraH unferer jetigcn ±l:jeologifdjen iYadjaeit[djrif± lJeive!:jarten tvorben, ba fidj biefe uniet: anberm audj bic0 ,Bid gefeti !:jai, ba0 ~ b e a r be§ tuidIidj gu±en, etliauIidjen IjSrebigcn§ iJU forbern, tve§tvcgen audj bie !:jomHe±ifCfje unb 1Oafiorald!:jeologifdje WlJieiIung tveitergefill:jrt tvitb, freiIidj in einem eitva§ uefdjri:i:nHcn maum unb in ber Weger nm in ber beutic!:jen @?1Owdje, ba in ber engIifdjcn @?pradje abi:i:qua±e &