Hosea 14:5
I am as dew to Israel, he flourishes as a lily, || And he strikes forth his roots as Lebanon.
Literal Standard 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 heal their backsliding, I love them freely, || For My anger has turned back from him.
6His shoots go on, || And his splendor is as an olive, || And he has fragrance as Lebanon.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine drops as rain; My sayings flow as dew; As storms on the tender grass, || And as showers on the herb,
2 Kings 19:30And it has continued—The escaped of the house of Judah || That has been left—to take root beneath, || And has made fruit upward.
Psalms 72:6He comes down as rain on mown grass, || As showers—sprinkling the earth.
Psalms 92:13Those planted in the house of YHWH, || In the courts of our God, flourish.
Song of Solomon 2:1As a lily among the thorns,
Song of Solomon 4:5Your two breasts [are] as two fawns, || Twins of a roe, that are feeding among 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 →