Hosea 14:5

אֶרְפָּא מְשׁוּבָתָם אֹהֲבֵם נְדָבָה כִּי שָׁב אַפִּי מִמֶּֽנּוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

4אַשּׁוּר ׀ לֹא יוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ עַל ־ סוּס לֹא נִרְכָּב וְלֹא ־ נֹאמַר עוֹד אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֵינוּ אֲשֶׁר ־ בְּךָ יְרֻחַם יָתֽוֹם ׃

6אֶהְיֶה כַטַּל לְיִשְׂרָאֵל יִפְרַח כַּשּֽׁוֹשַׁנָּה וְיַךְ שָׁרָשָׁיו כַּלְּבָנֽוֹן ׃

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:2יַעֲרֹף כַּמָּטָר לִקְחִי תִּזַּל כַּטַּל אִמְרָתִי כִּשְׂעִירִם עֲלֵי ־ דֶשֶׁא וְכִרְבִיבִים עֲלֵי ־ עֵֽשֶׂב ׃

2 Kings 19:30וְיָסְפָה פְּלֵיטַת בֵּית ־ יְהוּדָה הַנִּשְׁאָרָה שֹׁרֶשׁ לְמָטָּה וְעָשָׂה פְרִי לְמָֽעְלָה ׃

Psalms 72:6יֵרֵד כְּמָטָר עַל ־ גֵּז כִּרְבִיבִים זַרְזִיף אָֽרֶץ ׃

Psalms 92:13צַדִּיק כַּתָּמָר יִפְרָח כְּאֶרֶז בַּלְּבָנוֹן יִשְׂגֶּֽה ׃

Song of Solomon 2:1אֲנִי חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן שֽׁוֹשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִֽים ׃

Song of Solomon 4:5שְׁנֵי שָׁדַיִךְ כִּשְׁנֵי עֳפָרִים תְּאוֹמֵי צְבִיָּה הָרוֹעִים בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים ׃

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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