Hosea 14:5
I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.
World English Bible Classic
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“I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb.
2 Kings 19:30The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
Psalms 72:6He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
Psalms 92:13They are planted in the LORD’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.
Song of Solomon 2:1I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 4:5Your two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe, 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 →