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 cannot save us; we will not ride warhorses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made. For only you will show compassion to Orphan Israel!” 4“I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger will turn away from them. I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon. 6His young shoots will grow; his splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon. 7People will reside again in his shade; they will plant and harvest grain in abundance. They will blossom like a vine, and his fame will be like the wine from 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 32:2My teaching will drop like the rain, my sayings will drip like the dew, as rain drops upon the grass, and showers upon new growth.
• 2 Samuel 23:4is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth.
• Job 29:19My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.
• Psalms 72:6He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth.
• Proverbs 19:12A king’s wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
• Isaiah 18:4For this is what the Lord has told me: “I will wait and watch from my place, like scorching heat produced by the sunlight, like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest.”
• Isaiah 26:19Your dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.
• Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.
• Micah 5:7Those survivors from Jacob will live in the midst of many nations. They will be like the dew the Lord sends, like the rain on the grass, that does not hope for men to come or wait around for humans to arrive.
• Matthew 6:28Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin.
• Luke 12:27Consider how the flowers grow; they do not work or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!
• 2 Kings 19:30Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.
• Psalms 72:16May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!
• Isaiah 27:6The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.
• Isaiah 35:2Let it richly bloom; let it rejoice and shout with delight! It is given the grandeur of Lebanon, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the grandeur of the Lord, the splendor of our God.
• Ezekiel 17:22“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘I will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. I will pluck from the top one of its tender twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty 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

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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