Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 trees and flowers. So Israel's name shall be in good savor with all (Genesis 27:27; Song of Solomon 4:11).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 14:6:
Song of Solomon 4:11
Isaiah 27:6
Isaiah 60:13
Hosea 13:14
Hosea 14:1
Hosea 14:7
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