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Hosea 14:6
6His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as 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 backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him. 5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 7They shall return and sit under his shadow; they shall revive [as] corn, and blossom as the vine: the renown thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. 8Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? (I answer [him], and I will observe him.) I am like a green fir-tree. — From me is thy fruit found.
Read all of Hosea 14Hosea 14:6 word by word
יֵֽלְכוּ֙ יֹֽנְקוֹתָ֔יו וִיהִ֥י כַזַּ֖יִת הוֹד֑וֹ וְרֵ֥יחַֽ ל֖וֹ כַּלְּבָנֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Hosea 14:6
- Psalms 80:9Thou preparedst space before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land;
- Ezekiel 17:5And he took of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, he set it as a willow tree.
- Ezekiel 31:3Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature: and his top was amidst the thick boughs.
- Daniel 4:10Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.
- Matthew 13:31Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard [seed] which a man took and sowed in his field;
- John 15:1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
- Romans 11:16Now if the first-fruit [be] holy, the lump also; and if the root [be] holy, the branches also.
- Psalms 52:8But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I will confide in the loving-kindness of God for ever and ever.
- Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.
- Genesis 27:27And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelt the smell of his clothes, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Jehovah hath blessed.
- 2 Corinthians 2:14But thanks [be] to God, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ, and makes manifest the odour of his knowledge through us in every place.
- Philippians 4:18But I have all things in full supply and abound; I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things [sent] from you, an odour of sweet savour, an acceptable sacrifice, agreeable 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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