Hosea 14:5
I will heal their breaches, I will love them freely: for my wrath is turned away from them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 32:2Let my doctrine gather as the rain, let my speech distil as the dew, as a shower upon the herb, and as drops upon the grass.
2 Kings 19:30And whatsoever shall be left of the house of Juda, shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
Psalms 72:6He shall come down like rain upon the fleece; and as showers falling gently upon the earth.
Psalms 92:13The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus.
Song of Solomon 2:1I am the flower of the field, and the lily of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 4:5Thy two breasts like two young roes that are twins, 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 →