Hosea 14:5

Hosea 14:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
• New International Version (NIV)I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots;
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon;
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will be like the dew to Israel; He shall grow like the lily, And lengthen his roots like Lebanon.

Context of Hosea 14:5

3Assyria will not save us, we will not ride on horses, and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods! ’ to the work of our hands. For the fatherless receives compassion in you.” 4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for my anger will have turned from him. I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. 6His new branches will spread, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance, like the forest of Lebanon. 7The people will return and live beneath his shade. They will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

Hosea 14:5 word by word

אֶהְיֶ֤ה כַטַּל֙ לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִפְרַ֖ח כַּשּֽׁוֹשַׁנָּ֑ה וְיַ֥ךְ שָׁרָשָׁ֖יו כַּלְּבָנֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will be as the dewטַלţal · dewH2919
• unto Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• he shall growפָּרַחpârach · to sproutH6524
• as the lilyשׁוּשַׁןshûshan shôshân shôshân shôshannâh · lilyH7799
• and cast forthנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• his rootsשֹׁ֫רֶשׁsheresh · rootH8328
• as Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlebânôn · LebanonH3844

Cross-references for Hosea 14:5

• Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teaching fall like rain and my word settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass and showers on tender plants.
• 2 Samuel 23:4is like the morning light when the sun rises on a cloudless morning, the glisten of rain on sprouting grass.”
• Job 29:19My roots will have access to water, and the dew will rest on my branches all night.
• Psalms 72:6May the king be like rain that falls on the cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
• Proverbs 19:12A king’s rage is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
• Isaiah 18:4For the Lord said to me: I will quietly look out from my place, like shimmering heat in sunshine, like a rain cloud in harvest heat.
• Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For you will be covered with the morning dew, and the earth will bring out the departed spirits.
• Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants and my blessing on your offspring.
• Micah 5:7Then the remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for anyone or linger for mankind.
• Matthew 6:28And why do you worry about clothes? Observe how the wildflowers of the field grow: They don’t labor or spin thread.
• Luke 12:27“Consider how the wildflowers grow: They don’t labor or spin thread. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these.
• 2 Kings 19:30The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
• Psalms 72:16May there be plenty of grain in the land; may it wave on the tops of the mountains. May its crops be like Lebanon. May people flourish in the cities like the grass of the field.
• Isaiah 27:6In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bloom and fill the whole world with fruit.
• Isaiah 35:2It will blossom abundantly and will also 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.
• Ezekiel 17:22“‘This is what the Lord God says: I will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high towering mountain.

Commentaries on Hosea 14:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5I will be as the dew unto Israel - On these metaphors I gladly avail myself of the elegant and just observations of Bp. Lowth. "These verses ( Hosea 14:5-7;) contain gracious promises of God's favor and blessings upon Israel's conversion. In the fifth verse, it is described by that refreshment which copious dews give to the grass in summer. If we consider the nature of the climate, and the necessity of dews in so hot a country, not only to refresh, but…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5I will be as the dew unto Israel - Before, He had said, “his spring shall become dry and his fountain shall be dried up” Hosea 13:15. Now again He enlarges the blessing; their supply shall be unfailing, for it shall be from God; yea, God Himself shall be that blessing; “I will be the dew; descending on the mown grass” Psalm 72:6, to quicken and refresh it; descending, Himself, into the dried and parched and sere hearts of men, as He saith, “We will come…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-8Verses 4-8 Israel seeks God's face, and they shall not seek it in vain. His anger is turned from them. Whom God loves, he loves freely; not because they deserve it, but of his own good pleasure. God will be to them all they need. The graces of the Spirit are the hidden manna, hidden in the dew; the grace thus freely bestowed on them shall not be in vain. They shall grow upward, and be more flourishing; shall grow as the lily. The lily, when come to its…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5like 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).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. as the dew--which falls copiously in the East, taking the place of the more frequent rains in other regions. God will not be "as the early dew that goeth away," but constant (Ho 6:3, 4; Job 29:19; Pr 19:12). the lily--No plant is more productive than the lily, one root often producing fifty bulbs [Pliny, Natural History, 21.5]. The common lily is white, consisting of six leaves opening like bells. The royal lily grows to the height of three or four…Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 14:5

• Blessing
• Dew
• God Continued...
• Lebanon
• Righteous
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Lebanon
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• I Will Be
• Dew
• Forest
• Heal
• Hosea
• Lily

Commentaries on Hosea 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings