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Hosea 14:5
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3 Assyria shall anot save us,
bWe will not ride on horses,
Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’
cFor in You the fatherless finds mercy.” 
4 “I will heal their abacksliding,
I will blove them freely,
For My anger has turned away from him. 
5 I will be like the adew to Israel;
He shall1 grow like the lily,
And1 lengthen his roots like Lebanon. 
6 His branches shall1 spread;
aHis beauty shall be like an olive tree,
And bhis fragrance like Lebanon. 
7 aThose who dwell under his shadow shall return;
They shall be revived like grain,
And1 grow like a vine.
Their1 scent shall be like the wine of Lebanon. 
8 “Ephraim shall say, ‘What have I to do anymore with idols?’
I have heard and observed him.
I am like a green cypress tree;
aYour fruit is found in Me.” 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Hosea 14:5

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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