Hosea 14:5
I will become as the dew unto Israel, he shall break forth as the lily,—and he shall strike his roots as Lebanon:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
4I will heal their apostacy, I will love them freely,—for mine anger, hath turned, from them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teaching drop as the rain, Let my speech distil as the dew,—As copious rains on tender grass, As myriad drops on seeding plants.
2 Kings 19:30Then shall the escaped of the house of Judah that remain, again—take root downward, and bear fruit upward;
Psalms 72:6Let him come down, Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped.
Psalms 92:13They who are planted in the house of Yahweh, In the courts of our God, shall flourish;
Song of Solomon 2:1[SHE] I am The meadow-saffron of Sharon, The lily of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 4:5Thy two breasts, are like two young roes, twins of a gazelle,—which pasture among 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 →