Hosea 14:5

(14:6) I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall bloom as the lily; and he shall strike his roots as [the forests of] Lebanon.

Leeser Tanakh

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

4(14:5) I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.

6(14:7) His suckers shall spread out, and his beauty shall be as that of the olive-tree, and his smell as that of the Lebanon.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as heavy rains upon the grass, and as showers upon herbs.

2 Kings 19:30And the remnant of the house of Judah that is escaped shall yet again strike root downward, and bear fruit upward.

Psalms 72:6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers which are dropping on the earth.

Psalms 92:13(92:14) Planted in the house of the Lord, in the courts of our God shall they spring up.

Song of Solomon 2:1I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys.—

Song of Solomon 4:5Thy two breasts are like two fawns, the twins of the roe, that 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 →

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