Hosea 14:5
I will be like the dew to Israel.He will blossom like the lily,and send down his roots like Lebanon.
New Heart English Bible
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 him.
6His branches will spread,and his beauty will be like the olive tree,and his fragrance like Lebanon.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as the rain.My speech shall condense as the dew,as the small rain on the tender grass,as the showers on the herb.
2 Kings 19:30The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah shall 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.Lover
Song of Solomon 4:5Your two breasts are like two fawnsthat 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 →