OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 5

Hosea 14:5

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I will be like the dew to Israel.

He will blossom like the lily,

and send down his roots like Lebanon.

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Hosea 14:5 in context

Hosea 14:2–8

2

Take words with you, and return to the LORD.

Tell him, “Forgive all our sins,

and accept that which is good;

so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips.

3

Assyria can’t save us.

We won’t ride on horses;

neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’

for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”

4

“I will heal their waywardness.

I will love them freely;

for my anger is turned away from them.

5
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I will be like the dew to Israel.

He will blossom like the lily,

and send down his roots like Lebanon.

6

His branches will spread,

and his beauty will be like the olive tree,

and his fragrance like Lebanon.

7

Men will dwell in his shade.

They will revive like the grain,

and blossom like the vine.

Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.

8

Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols?

I answer, and will take care of him.

I am like a green cypress tree;

from me your fruit is found.”

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