God’s Word Translation
Hosea 14:6
6They will be like growing branches. They will be beautiful like olive trees. They will be fragrant like cedars from 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
4⌞The Lord says,⌟ “I will cure them of their unfaithfulness. I will love them freely. I will no longer be angry with them. 5I will be like dew to the people of Israel. They will blossom like flowers. They will be firmly rooted like cedars from Lebanon. They will be like growing branches. They will be beautiful like olive trees. They will be fragrant like cedars from Lebanon. 7They will live again in God’s shadow. They will grow like grain. They will blossom like grapevines. They will be as famous as the wines from Lebanon. 8“The people of Ephraim will have nothing more to do with idols. I will answer them and take care of them. I am like a growing pine tree. Their fruit comes from me.”
Read all of Hosea 14Hosea 14:6 word by word
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 the ground for it so that it took root and filled the land.
- Ezekiel 17:5“ ‘Then it took a seedling from that country and planted the seedling in fertile soil. The eagle planted the seedling like a willow where there was plenty of water.
- Ezekiel 31:3What about Assyria? It was a cedar in Lebanon with fine branches that shaded the forest. It was very tall. Its top was among the clouds.
- Daniel 4:10These are the visions I had while I was asleep: I was looking, and I saw an oak tree in the middle of the earth. It was very tall.
- Matthew 13:31Jesus used another illustration. He said, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone planted in a field.
- John 15:1⌞Then Jesus said,⌟ “I am the true vine, and my Father takes care of the vineyard.
- Romans 11:16If the first handful of dough is holy, the whole batch of dough is holy. If the root is holy, the branches are holy.
- Psalms 52:8But I am like a large olive tree in God’s house. I trust the mercy of God forever and ever.
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine inside your home. Your children will be like young olive trees around your table.
- Genesis 27:27He went over and gave him a kiss. When Isaac smelled his clothes, he blessed him and said, “The smell of my son is like the smell of open country that the Lord has blessed.
- 2 Corinthians 2:14But I thank God, who always leads us in victory because of Christ. Wherever we go, God uses us to make clear what it means to know Christ. It’s like a fragrance that fills the air.
- Philippians 4:18You have paid me in full, and I have more than enough. Now that Epaphroditus has brought me your gifts, you have filled my needs. Your gifts are a soothing aroma, a sacrifice that God accepts and with which he is pleased.
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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