Hosea 14:5 “I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and ta…”

Hosea 14:5

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

I wil heale their rebellion: I wil loue them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.

Bible in Basic English

I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.

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Cross references

“as the dew”

Job 29:19 Isaiah 26:19 Isaiah 44:3 Micah 5:7 Deuteronomy 32:2 2 Samuel 23:4

Job 29:19 · BSB

My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

Isaiah 26:19 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 44:3 · BSB

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.

Micah 5:7 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 32:2 · BSB

Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

2 Samuel 23:4 · BSB

is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’

“he shall”

Matthew 6:28 Song of Solomon 4:5 Luke 12:27 Song of Solomon 2:16 Song of Solomon 2:1 Song of Solomon 2:2

Matthew 6:28 · BSB

And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.

Song of Solomon 4:5 · BSB

Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.

Luke 12:27 · BSB

Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

Song of Solomon 2:16 · BSB

My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 2:1 · BSB

I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.

Song of Solomon 2:2 · BSB

Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.

“grow”

Isaiah 35:2 Isaiah 27:6 Ephesians 3:17 2 Kings 19:30 Ezekiel 17:22–24 Psalm 72:16

Isaiah 35:2 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 27:6 · BSB

In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.

Ephesians 3:17 · BSB

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,

2 Kings 19:30 · BSB

And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.

Ezekiel 17:22–24 · BSB

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.

Psalm 72:16 · BSB

May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.

6His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.

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