Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 (Hosea 6:3-4; Job 29:19; Proverbs 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 feet; Matthew 6:29 alludes to the beauty of its flowers.
roots as Lebanon—that is, as the trees of Lebanon (especially the cedars), which cast down their roots as deeply as is their height upwards; so that they are immovable [JEROME], (Isaiah 10:34). Spiritual growth consists most in the growth of the root which is out of sight.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 14:5:
Psalms 110:3
Song of Solomon 4:11
Isaiah 26:19
Isaiah 27:6
Isaiah 57:18
Isaiah 60:13
Jeremiah 31:2
Hosea 13:14
Hosea 14:1
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