Hosea 14:5
I will be to the people of Israel like dew that refreshes the soil. When I do that, they will become as delightful as [MET] lilies are when they are blooming. No one will be able to conquer them; they will be as unmovable as [SIM] the roots of cedar trees.
Translation for Translators
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 32:2I wish/desire that my teaching will fall on you like rain drops or be like dew on the ground, and be like a gentle rain on the young plants, like showers on the grass.
2 Kings 19:30The people [MTY] in Judah who remain alive will prosper and have many children; they will be like plants whose roots go deep down into the ground and which produce much [MET].
Psalms 72:6I desire that my rule will be enjoyed by the people [SIM] like they enjoy rain on growing crops, like they enjoy showers that fall on the land.
Psalms 92:13They are like the trees that grow near the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem, those trees that are close to the courtyard of the temple of our God.
Song of Solomon 2:1I am like [MET] a flower/rose from the Sharon Plain, and like [MET] a lily that grows in a valley.
Song of Solomon 4:5Your breasts are as beautiful [SIM] as two ◄fawns/young gazelles► that eat grass 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 →