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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will be to Israel like a refreshing dew from heaven. Israel will blossom like the lily; it will send roots deep into the soil like the cedars in Lebanon.

Context of Hosea 14:5

3Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount warhorses. We will never again say ‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion.” 4“I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them. 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; 6his young shoots will grow. His splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon. 7People will dwell again in his shade; they will flourish like the grain, they will blossom like the vine— Israel’s fame 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 words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.
• 2 Samuel 23:4he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings grass from the earth.’
• Job 29:19My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.
• Psalms 72:6May he be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth.
• Proverbs 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
• Isaiah 18:4This is what the Lord says to me: “I will remain quiet and will look on from my dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
• Isaiah 26:19But your dead will live, Lord; their bodies will rise— let those who dwell in the dust wake up and shout for joy— your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
• 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 offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.
• Micah 5:7The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for anyone or depend on man.
• Matthew 6:28“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
• Luke 12:27“Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
• 2 Kings 19:30Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above.
• Psalms 72:16May grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of the hills may it sway. May the crops flourish like Lebanon and thrive like the grass of the field.
• Isaiah 27:6In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.
• Isaiah 35:2it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. 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 Sovereign Lord says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and 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