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 British with Deuterocanon
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 amongst 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 →