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Hosea 14:6
6His new branches will spread, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance, like the forest of Lebanon.
Hosea 14:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
- New International Version (NIV)his young shoots will grow. His splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.
- English Standard Version (ESV)his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
- New King James Version (NKJV)His branches shall spread; His beauty shall be like an olive tree, And his fragrance like Lebanon.
Context of Hosea 14:6
4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for my anger will have turned from him. 5I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. His 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. 8Ephraim, why should I have anything more to do with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing pine tree; your fruit comes from me.
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יֵֽלְכוּ֙ יֹֽנְקוֹתָ֔יו וִיהִ֥י כַזַּ֖יִת הוֹד֑וֹ וְרֵ֥יחַֽ ל֖וֹ כַּלְּבָנֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Hosea 14:6
- Psalms 80:9You cleared a place for it; it took root and filled the land.
- Ezekiel 17:5Then he took some of the land’s seed and put it in a fertile field; he set it like a willow, a plant by abundant water.
- Ezekiel 31:3Think of Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches and shady foliage and of lofty height. Its top was among the clouds.
- Daniel 4:10In the visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this: There was a tree in the middle of the earth, and it was very tall.
- Matthew 13:31He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
- John 15:1“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
- Romans 11:16Now if the firstfruits are holy, so is the whole batch. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.
- Psalms 52:8But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I trust in God’s faithful love forever and ever.
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house, your children, like young olive trees around your table.
- Genesis 27:27So he came closer and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothes, he blessed him and said: Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed.
- 2 Corinthians 2:14But thanks be to God, who always leads us in Christ’s triumphal procession and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place.
- Philippians 4:18But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you provided — a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
Commentaries on Hosea 14:6
- 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. 5-7Hosea describes the effect of God’s healing love on repentant Israel. God promises to provide the fertility that Israel had sought from the baals.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. branches--shoots, or suckers. beauty ... as the olive--which never loses its verdure. One plant is not enough to express the graces of God's elect people. The lily depicts its lovely growth; but as it wants duration and firmness, the deeply rooted cedars of Lebanon are added; these, however, are fruitless, therefore the fruitful, peace-bearing, fragrant, ever green olive is added. smell as Lebanon--which exhaled from it the fragrance of odoriferous…Read the comment
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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
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