Hosea 14:5
\14:4\I will put right their errors; freely will my love be given to them, for my wrath is turned away from him.
Bible in Basic English
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
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2My teaching is dropping like rain, coming down like dew on the fields; like rain on the young grass and showers on the garden plants:
2 Kings 19:30And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth and give fruit.
Psalms 72:6May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.
Psalms 92:13\92:12\The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon.
Song of Solomon 2:1I am a rose of Sharon, a flower of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 4:5Your two breasts are like two young roes of the same birth, which take their food 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 →