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Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hosea/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I will be like the dew to Israel; He shall grow like the lily, And lengthen his roots like Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will be like the dew to Israel; He will blossom like the lily, And he will take root like <i>the cedars of</i> Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />I will be like the dew to Israel; He will blossom like the lily, And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />I will be like the dew to Israel; He will blossom like the lily, And he will take root like <i>the cedars of</i> Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I will be like the dew to Israel; He will flourish like the lily, And he will take root like <i>the cedars of</i> Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I shall be like the dew to Israel; He will blossom like the lily, And he will take root like <i>the cedars of</i> Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will be like the dew--then you will blossom like lilies and have roots like a tree. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will be like dew to the people of Israel. They will blossom like flowers. They will be firmly rooted like cedars from Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will be to the people of Israel like rain in a dry land. They will blossom like flowers; they will be firmly rooted like the trees of Lebanon. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I will be like the dew to Israel; Israel will blossom like a lily, growing roots like the cedars of Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I am as dew to Israel, he flourishes as a lily, "" And he strikes forth his roots as Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall blossom as the lily and strike his roots as Lebanon.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 14:6>I will be like the dew; Israel will spring forth like the lily, and his root will spread out like that of the cedars of Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will be like the dew for Israel: he will blossom like the lily; He will strike root like the Lebanon cedar, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily, he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall spring up as the lily, and cast forth his roots as cedars of Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall be like dew to Israel and he will bud as a lily, and he shall put out his roots like those of Lebanon<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I will be as the dew unto Israel; He shall blossom as the lily, And cast forth his roots as Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I will be as dew to Israel: he shall bloom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Libanus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/14-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=2163" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/14.htm">A Promise of God's Blessing</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4</span>I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: ’eh·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">I will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/2919.htm" title="2919: ḵaṭ·ṭal (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Night mist, dew. From talal; dew.">like the dew</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: lə·yiś·rā·’êl (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">to Israel;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6524.htm" title="6524: yip̄·raḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to break forth as a bud, i.e. Bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly; figuratively, to flourish.">he will blossom</a> <a href="/hebrew/7799.htm" title="7799: kaš·šō·wō·šan·nāh (Prep-k, Art:: N-cs) -- Or showshan; or shoshan; and showshannah; from suws; a lily, as a flower of arch. Ornament; also a trumpet: lily, Shoshannim.">like the lily</a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: wə·yaḵ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjImperf.Jus-3ms) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">and take</a> <a href="/hebrew/8328.htm" title="8328: šā·rā·šāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- A root. From sharash; a root.">root</a> <a href="/hebrew/3844.htm" title="3844: kal·lə·ḇā·nō·wn (Prep-k, Art:: N-proper-fs) -- A wooded mountain range on the N. border of Isr. From lbab; white mountain; Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine.">like the cedars of Lebanon.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10-13</a></span><br />For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, / so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it. / You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a></span><br />He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-7.htm">Jeremiah 17:7-8</a></span><br />But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him. / He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/34-26.htm">Ezekiel 34:26</a></span><br />I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/92-12.htm">Psalm 92:12-14</a></span><br />The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. / Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. / In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-11.htm">Isaiah 61:11</a></span><br />For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/10-1.htm">Zechariah 10:1</a></span><br />Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-2.htm">Deuteronomy 32:2</a></span><br />Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-23.htm">Joel 2:23</a></span><br />Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Isaiah 44:3-4</a></span><br />For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring. / They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-31.htm">Matthew 13:31-32</a></span><br />He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field. / Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-5.htm">John 15:5</a></span><br />I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-6.htm">1 Corinthians 3:6-7</a></span><br />I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. / So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-7.htm">James 5:7-8</a></span><br />Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains. / You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-10.htm">2 Corinthians 9:10</a></span><br />Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.</p><p class="hdg">as the dew.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-2.htm">Deuteronomy 32:2</a></b></br> My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/23-4.htm">2 Samuel 23:4</a></b></br> And <i>he shall be</i> as the light of the morning, <i>when</i> the sun riseth, <i>even</i> a morning without clouds; <i>as</i> the tender grass <i>springing</i> out of the earth by clear shining after rain.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/29-19.htm">Job 29:19</a></b></br> My root <i>was</i> spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.</p><p class="hdg">he shall.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/songs/2-1.htm">Song of Solomon 2:1,2,16</a></b></br> I <i>am</i> the rose of Sharon, <i>and</i> the lily of the valleys… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/songs/4-5.htm">Song of Solomon 4:5</a></b></br> Thy two breasts <i>are</i> like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/6-28.htm">Matthew 6:28</a></b></br> And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:</p><p class="hdg">grow.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/19-30.htm">2 Kings 19:30</a></b></br> And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/72-16.htm">Psalm 72:16</a></b></br> There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and <i>they</i> of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/27-6.htm">Isaiah 27:6</a></b></br> He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/35-2.htm">Blossom</a> <a href="/hosea/12-14.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-3.htm">Cedar</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-8.htm">Cedars</a> <a href="/hosea/13-3.htm">Dew</a> <a href="/songs/7-12.htm">Flourisheth</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-8.htm">Flowers</a> <a href="/hosea/13-13.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/hosea/10-8.htm">Grow</a> <a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/songs/2-2.htm">Lily</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-4.htm">Poplar</a> <a href="/hosea/9-16.htm">Root</a> <a href="/daniel/11-7.htm">Roots</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/daniel/10-18.htm">Striketh</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/14-7.htm">Blossom</a> <a href="/joel/1-7.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/hosea/14-6.htm">Cedar</a> <a href="/hosea/14-6.htm">Cedars</a> <a href="/micah/5-7.htm">Dew</a> <a href="/psalms/90-6.htm">Flourisheth</a> <a href="/hosea/14-7.htm">Flowers</a> <a href="/joel/2-11.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/hosea/14-6.htm">Grow</a> <a href="/joel/2-27.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-19.htm">Lily</a> <a href="/genesis/30-37.htm">Poplar</a> <a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Root</a> <a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Roots</a> <a href="/amos/3-15.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/revelation/9-5.htm">Striketh</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">An exhortation to repentance.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/14-4.htm">A promise of God's blessing.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hosea/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I will be like the dew to Israel;</b><br>In the arid climate of the ancient Near East, dew was a crucial source of moisture, especially during dry seasons. This imagery signifies God's refreshing and life-giving presence to Israel. Dew is gentle and consistent, symbolizing God's grace and favor that sustains His people. In biblical context, dew often represents divine blessing and renewal (<a href="/deuteronomy/33-28.htm">Deuteronomy 33:28</a>). This phrase underscores God's promise to restore and nurture Israel despite their previous unfaithfulness.<p><b>he will blossom like the lily</b><br>The lily, known for its beauty and fragrance, symbolizes purity and renewal. In the Song of Solomon, the lily is used to describe beauty and love (<a href="/songs/2.htm">Song of Solomon 2:1-2</a>). Here, it represents Israel's future flourishing and spiritual revival under God's care. The blossoming lily indicates a transformation from desolation to beauty, reflecting the nation's restoration and the fruitfulness that comes from divine favor.<p><b>and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.</b><br>The cedars of Lebanon were renowned for their strength, durability, and majestic stature. These trees were highly valued in the ancient world, used in the construction of temples and palaces, including Solomon's Temple (<a href="/1_kings/5-6.htm">1 Kings 5:6</a>). This imagery suggests stability, strength, and longevity. For Israel, taking root like these cedars implies a deep, enduring relationship with God, characterized by spiritual strength and resilience. It points to a future where Israel is firmly established and secure in God's promises, echoing themes of restoration and hope found throughout prophetic literature.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a></b><br>A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel during the 8th century BC, Hosea's ministry focused on calling Israel to repentance and warning of impending judgment due to their unfaithfulness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, often depicted in Hosea as an unfaithful spouse, yet still the recipient of God's enduring love and promise of restoration.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/dew.htm">Dew</a></b><br>In the arid climate of the Near East, dew is a vital source of moisture, symbolizing God's refreshing and life-giving presence.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/l/lily.htm">Lily</a></b><br>A flower symbolizing beauty and purity, representing the flourishing and renewed life of Israel under God's blessing.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/cedars_of_lebanon.htm">Cedars of Lebanon</a></b><br>Known for their strength and longevity, these trees symbolize stability and deep-rooted faith that God promises to restore in Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_refreshing_presence.htm">God's Refreshing Presence</a></b><br>Just as dew provides essential moisture, God's presence is vital for spiritual growth and renewal. Seek His presence daily through prayer and scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/flourishing_in_faith.htm">Flourishing in Faith</a></b><br>Like the lily, our lives can reflect beauty and purity when rooted in God's love. Pursue holiness and let your life be a testament to His transforming power.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/deep_roots_of_stability.htm">Deep Roots of Stability</a></b><br>The cedars of Lebanon remind us of the importance of deep spiritual roots. Cultivate a strong foundation in faith through regular study of God's Word and fellowship with other believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/promise_of_restoration.htm">Promise of Restoration</a></b><br>God's promise to Israel is a reminder of His faithfulness. No matter how far we stray, He offers restoration and new life when we return to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_nature.htm">Symbolism of Nature</a></b><br>The imagery of dew, lilies, and cedars invites us to see God's handiwork in creation as a reflection of His promises and character.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_'flourish_like_a_lily'_fit_then.htm">How does the imagery of Israel flourishing “like a lily” (Hosea 14:5–6) match up with known agricultural and climatic conditions of that time period? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/meaning_of_hosea_14_5_promise.htm">What does Hosea 14:5 mean about God's promise?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_hosea_14_5-7_conflict_with_literal_ot_prophecy.htm">Does the metaphorical language in Hosea 14:5-7 conflict with more literal interpretations of prophecy found elsewhere in the Old Testament?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/meaning_of_'sin_brings_forth_death'.htm">What does Hosea 14:5 mean about God's promise?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5, 6) <span class= "bld">As the Dew.</span>--For this imagery see <a href="/psalms/130-3.htm" title="If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?">Psalm 130:3</a>. Properly it is "a copious mist, shedding small invisible rain, that comes in rich abundance every night in the hot weather, when west or north-west winds blow, and which brings intense refreshment to all organised life" (Neil's <span class= "ital">Palestine Explored,</span> p. 136). The lily, which carpets the fields of Palestine (<a href="/matthew/6-29.htm" title="And yet I say to you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.">Matthew 6:29</a>), has slender roots, which might easily be uptorn, but under God's protection, even these are to strike downward like the roots of the cedars.<span class= "note">[13]</span> Branches are to grow like the banyan-tree, until one tree becomes a forest, and the beauty of the olive in its dancing radiance is to cover all, while the fragrance shall go abroad like the breezes from the forest of Lebanon.<p><span class= "note">[13] The lily of the Bible is identified by some with the <span class= "ital">Lilium chalcedonicum</span>, or Scarlet Martagon, which grows profusely in the Levant, and is said to abound in Galilee in the months of April and May. Wetzstein, on the other hand, identifies it with a beautiful dark violet lily which grows in the large plain south-east of the Hauran range of mountains, and is called <span class= "ital">susan</span>. The opinion of the Chaldee paraphrast and of Rabbinical writers, that the rose was really meant by the Hebrew, may safely be rejected.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/14-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I will be</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶהְיֶ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(’eh·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like the dew</span><br /><span class="heb">כַטַּל֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḵaṭ·ṭal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2919.htm">Strong's 2919: </a> </span><span class="str2">Night mist, dew</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Israel;</span><br /><span class="heb">לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(lə·yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he will blossom</span><br /><span class="heb">יִפְרַ֖ח</span> <span class="translit">(yip̄·raḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6524.htm">Strong's 6524: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break forth as a, bud, bloom, to spread, to fly, to flourish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like the lily</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּשּֽׁוֹשַׁנָּ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(kaš·šō·wō·šan·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7799.htm">Strong's 7799: </a> </span><span class="str2">A lily, as a, flower of architectural ornament, a, trumpet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and take</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיַ֥ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yaḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">root</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁרָשָׁ֖יו</span> <span class="translit">(šā·rā·šāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8328.htm">Strong's 8328: </a> </span><span class="str2">A root</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like the cedars of Lebanon.</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּלְּבָנֽוֹן׃</span> <span class="translit">(kal·lə·ḇā·nō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3844.htm">Strong's 3844: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lebanon -- a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/14-5.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 14:5 I will be like the dew (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/14-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 14:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 14:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/14-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 14:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 14:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>