Hosea 14:5
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
King James Version
In Context
4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
2 Kings 19:30And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
Psalms 72:6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Psalms 92:13Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Song of Solomon 2:1I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 4:5Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, 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 →