Hosea 14:5
I will be as the dew to Israel. He shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
In Context
4I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely. For my anger is turned away from him.
6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as the rain. My speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.
2 Kings 19:30And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
Psalms 72:6He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
Psalms 92:13Men who are planted in the house of LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Song of Solomon 2:1I am a rose of Sharon. A lily of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 4:5Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe, which feed among the lilies.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 14:5-8
Assurance of Mercy; Repentance of Ephraim. ( b. c. 720.) 4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. We have here… Read the whole commentary →