Hosea 14:5
I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.
Young's Literal Translation
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 heal their backsliding, I love them freely, For turned back hath Mine anger from him.
6Go on do his sucklings, And his beauty is as an olive, And he hath fragrance as Lebanon.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb,
2 Kings 19:30And it hath continued — The escaped of the house of Judah That hath been left — to take root beneath, And hath made fruit upward.
Psalms 72:6He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers — sprinkling the earth.
Psalms 92:13Those planted in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of our God do flourish.
Song of Solomon 2:1As a lily among the thorns,
Song of Solomon 4:5Thy two breasts [are] as two fawns, Twins of a roe, that are feeding 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 →