Hosea 14:5

Translations

Modern

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Traditional

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Literal

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily, and he will strike forth his roots like Lebanon.

Latin

Ero quasi ros; Israël germinabit sicut lilium, et erumpet radix ejus ut Libani.

Original

Hebrew

English

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Notes

Hosea 14:5

like the dew: In Israel's semi-desert climate, dew provided essential moisture for life (Genesis 27:28; Deuteronomy 33:28).
take root: When Israel remained faithful to their covenant with the Lord, they became solid and stable like the majestic cedars in Lebanon (Psalm 92:12).

Hosea 14:5–7

Hosea describes the effect of God’s healing love on repentant Israel. God promises to provide the fertility that Israel had sought from the baals.

Hosea 14:1–9

Destruction was not God's final message to his covenant people. Although judgment must happen, God's healing and restoring grace is stronger than human sin.

Theme notes and profiles

Returning to the Lord The Grace of God

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Prophecies of Hosea

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Isaiah 35:2
It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
Ephesians 3:17
…so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
Isaiah 27:6
In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
Matthew 6:28
And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.
Job 29:19
My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
Isaiah 26:19
Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
Micah 5:7
Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
Ezekiel 17:22–24
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
Deuteronomy 32:2
Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
2 Kings 19:30
And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
Psalm 72:6
May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Lebanon: A mountainous region known for its cedar trees

Glossary

Dew Hosea, Book of

Topics

Blessing: Spiritual, from God Compared To Saints: Lebanon Compared To Saints: Lilies Dew: Figurative Flower of Sharon Flowers: The Lily Lebanon: Fertility and Productiveness of Lilies Righteous: Lebanon Righteous: Lilies Symbols and Similitudes of the Holy Spirit: Fertilizing The Emblems of the Holy Spirit: Rain and Dew: Fertilising The Jews: Promises Respecting: Future Prosperity of

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