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Hosea 14:5

World English Bible

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

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Hosea 14:5 in other translations

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

Hosea 14:5 · American Standard Version

Hosea 14:5 in context

  1. 3Assyria can’t save us.
    We won’t ride on horses;
    neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’
    for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”
  2. 4“I will heal their waywardness.
    I will love them freely;
    for my anger is turned away from him.
  3. 5I will be like the dew to Israel.
    He will blossom like the lily,
    and send down his roots like Lebanon.
  4. 6His branches will spread,
    and his beauty will be like the olive tree,
    and his fragrance like Lebanon.
  5. 7Men will dwell in his shade.
    They will revive like the grain,
    and blossom like the vine.
    Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.