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They will blossom like flowers; they will be firmly rooted like the trees of Lebanon. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/hosea/14-5.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/hosea/14-5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/hosea/14-5.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/hosea/1.htm">Hosea</a> > <a href="/gntd/hosea/14.htm">Chapter 14</a> > Verse 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hosea/14-4.htm" title="Hosea 14:4">◄</a> Hosea 14:5 {6} <a href="../hosea/14-6.htm" title="Hosea 14:6">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/hosea/14.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/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. <p><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.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/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. <p><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, <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/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.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus.</p><p class="hdg">as the dew.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/32-2.htm">Deuteronomy 32:2</a> Let my doctrine gather as the rain, let my speech distil as the dew, as a shower upon the herb, and as drops upon the grass.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_samuel/23-4.htm">2 Samuel 23:4</a> As the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, shineth in the morning without clouds, and as the grass springeth out of the earth by rain.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../job/29-19.htm">Job 29:19</a> My root is opened beside the waters, and dew shall continue in my harvest.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/72-6.htm">Psalm 72:6</a> He shall come down like rain upon the fleece; and as showers falling gently upon the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/19-12.htm">Proverbs 19:12</a> As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/18-4.htm">Isaiah 18:4</a> For thus saith the Lord to me: I will take my rest, and consider in my place, as the noon light is clear, and as a cloud of dew in the day of harvest.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a> Thy dead men shall live, my slain shall rise again: awake, and give praise, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is the dew of the light: and the land of the giants thou shalt pull down into ruin.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/44-3.htm">Isaiah 44:3</a> For I will pour out waters upon the thirsty ground, and streams upon the dry land: I will pour out my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy stock.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../micah/5-7.htm">Micah 5:7</a> And they shall feed the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nemrod with the spears thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our borders.</p><p class="hdg">he shall.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../songs/2-1.htm">Songs 2:1,2,16</a> I am the flower of the field, and the lily of the valleys. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../songs/4-5.htm">Songs 4:5</a> Thy two breasts like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/6-28.htm">Matthew 6:28</a> And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/12-27.htm">Luke 12:27</a> Consider the lilies, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin. But I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these.</p><p class="hdg">grow.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_kings/19-30.htm">2 Kings 19:30</a> And whatsoever shall be left of the house of Juda, shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/72-16.htm">Psalm 72:16</a> And there shall be a firmament on the earth on the tops of mountains, above Libanus shall the fruit thereof be exalted: and they of the city shall flourish like the grass of the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/27-6.htm">Isaiah 27:6</a> When they shall rush in unto Jacob, Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of the world with seed.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/35-2.htm">Isaiah 35:2</a> It shall bud forth and blossom, and shall rejoice with joy and praise: the glory of Libanus is given to it: the beauty of Carmel, and Saron, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the beauty of our God.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezekiel/17-22.htm">Ezekiel 17:22-24</a> Thus saith the Lord God: I myself will take of the marrow of the high cedar, and will set it: I will crop off a tender twig from the top of the branches thereof, and I will plant it on a mountain high and eminent. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ephesians/3-17.htm">Ephesians 3:17</a> That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that, being rooted and founded in charity,</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/hosea/14.htm">A Promise of God's Blessing</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4</span>I will heal their breaches, I will love them freely: for my wrath is turned away from them. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl">I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus.</span><span class="reftext">6</span>His branches shall spread, and his glory shall be as the olive tree: and his smell as that of Libanus.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/6-28.htm">Matthew 6:28</a></span><br />And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../job/29-19.htm">Job 29:19</a></span><br />My root is opened beside the waters, and dew shall continue in my harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../psalms/80-9.htm">Psalm 80:9</a></span><br />Thou wast the guide of its journey in its sight: thou plantedst the roots thereof, and it filled the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../psalms/92-12.htm">Psalm 92:12</a></span><br />The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../psalms/133-3.htm">Psalm 133:3</a></span><br />As the dew of Hermon, which descendeth upon mount Sion. For there the Lord hath commanded blessing, and life for evermore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../proverbs/19-12.htm">Proverbs 19:12</a></span><br />As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../songs/2-1.htm">Songs 2:1</a></span><br />I am the flower of the field, and the lily of the valleys.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../isaiah/18-4.htm">Isaiah 18:4</a></span><br />For thus saith the Lord to me: I will take my rest, and consider in my place, as the noon light is clear, and as a cloud of dew in the day of harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a></span><br />Thy dead men shall live, my slain shall rise again: awake, and give praise, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is the dew of the light: and the land of the giants thou shalt pull down into ruin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../isaiah/27-6.htm">Isaiah 27:6</a></span><br />When they shall rush in unto Jacob, Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of the world with seed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../isaiah/35-2.htm">Isaiah 35:2</a></span><br />It shall bud forth and blossom, and shall rejoice with joy and praise: the glory of Libanus is given to it: the beauty of Carmel, and Saron, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the beauty of our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../isaiah/45-8.htm">Isaiah 45:8</a></span><br />Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just: let the earth be opened, and bud forth a saviour: and let justice spring up together: I the Lord have created him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../micah/5-7.htm">Micah 5:7</a></span><br />And they shall feed the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nemrod with the spears thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our borders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">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">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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5 Bible Apps</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="//bibeltext.com/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: a And be blossom cedar cedars dew down he his I Israel Lebanon like lily of root roots send take the to will<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/hosea/14-5.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 14:5 I will be like the dew (Ho Hs Hos.) 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