Hosea 14:8

They shall return, and dwell under his shadow: they shall live and be satisfied with corn, and he shall flower as a vine: his memorial shall be to Ephraim as the wine of Lebanon.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

In Context

7His branches shall spread, and he shall be as a fruitful olive, and his smell shall be as the smell of Lebanon.

9What has he to do anymore with idols? I have afflicted him, and I will strengthen him: I am as a leafy juniper tree. From me is thy fruit found.

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Cross References

Job 33:27Even then a man shall blame himself, saying, 1 What kind of things have I done? and he has not punished me according to the full amount of my sins. 1

Isaiah 41:19I will plant in the dry land the cedar and box, the myrtle and cypress, and white poplar:

Isaiah 60:13And the glory of Lebanon shall come to thee, with the cypress, and pine, and cedar together, to glorify my holy place.

Hosea 14:2Return, O Israel, to the Lord thy God; for the people have fallen through thine iniquities.

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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