Hosea 14:5

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
dew	כַטַּל֙ kha.Tal	H2919	dew (as covering vegetation) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Israel	לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל le.Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · preposition + proper noun, a place name
grow	יִפְרַ֖ח yif.Rach	H6524	to break forth as a bud · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
lily	כַּשּֽׁוֹשַׁנָּ֑ה ka.sho.sha.Nah	H7799	a lily (from its whiteness) · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
forth	וְיַ֥ךְ ve.Yakh	H5221	to strike (lightly or severely · conjunction + verb, hiphil jussive, 3rd person masculine singular
roots	שָׁרָשָׁ֖יו sha.ra.Shav	H8328	a root (literally or figuratively) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Lebanon	כַּלְּבָנֽוֹן ka.le.va.Non	H3844	Lebanon · preposition with the article + proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

Isaiah 35:2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel an…
Isaiah 27:6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
Ephesians 3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Matthew 6:28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Job 29:19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
Isaiah 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of he…
Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon th…
Micah 5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for m…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 14:4-7

We have here an answer of peace to the prayers of returning Israel. They seek God's face, and they shall not seek in vain. God will be sure to meet those in a way of mercy who return to him in a way of duty. If we speak to God in good prayers, God will speak to us in good promises, as he answered the angel with good words and comfortable words, Zac 1:13. If we take with us the foregoing words in our coming to God, we may take home with us these following words for our faith to feast upon; and see how these answer those. I. Do they dread and deprecate God's displeasure, and therefore return to him? He assures them that, upon their submission, his anger is turned away from them. This is laid a…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 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 (Hos 6:3-4; Job 29:19; Pro 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; Mat 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], (Isa 10:34…

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Adam Clarke on Hosea 14:5

I will be as the dew unto Israel - On these metaphors I gladly avail myself of the elegant and just observations of Bp. Lowth. "These verses (Hos 14:5-7) contain gracious promises of God's favor and blessings upon Israel's conversion. In the fifth verse, it is described by that refreshment which copious dews give to the grass in summer. If we consider the nature of the climate, and the necessity of dews in so hot a country, not only to refresh, but likewise to preserve life; if we consider also the beauty of the oriental lilies, the fragrance of the cedars which grow upon Lebanon, the beauteous appearance which the spreading olive trees afforded, the exhilarating coolness caused by the shade…

The Church Fathers

This is our Faith. Thus did God will that He should be known by all, thus believed the three children, and felt not the fire into the midst whereof they were cast, which destroyed and burnt up unbelievers, whilst it fell harmless as dew upon the faithful, for whom the flames kindled by others became cold, seeing that the torment had justly lost its power in conflict with faith. For with them there was One in the form of an angel, comforting them, to the end that in the number of the Trinity one Supreme Power might be praised. God was praised, the Son of God was seen in God's angel, holy and spiritual grace spake in the children.
— Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith 1:4.33

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Dictionary and topics

Dew — “There is no dew properly so called in Palestine, for there is no moisture in the hot summer air to be chilled into dew-drops by the coldness of the night. From May till October rain is unknown, the…
Forest — Heb. ya’ar, meaning a dense wood, from its luxuriance. Thus all the great primeval forests of Syria (Eccl. 2:6; Isa. 44:14; Jer. 5:6; Micah 5:8). The most extensive was the trans-Jordanic forest of…
Lebanon — White, “the white mountain of Syria,” is the loftiest and most celebrated mountain range in Syria. It is a branch running southward from the Caucasus, and at its lower end forking into two parallel…
Lily — The Hebrew name shushan or shoshan, i.e., “whiteness”, was used as the general name of several plants common to Syria, such as the tulip, iris, anemone, gladiolus, ranunculus, etc. Some interpret it,…
Dew · FIGURATIVE — FIGURATIVE
Emblems Of The Holy Spirit, The · Fertilising — Fertilising
Flowers · Mentioned in scripture: The lily — Mentioned in scripture: The lily
Jews, The · Promises respecting: Future prosperity of — Promises respecting: Future prosperity of
Lebanon · Fertility and productiveness of — Fertility and productiveness of
Righteous · .Lebanon — .Lebanon
Saints, Compared To · Lebanon — Lebanon

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Hosea 14:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 14:4-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 14:5

Adam Clarke on Hosea 14:5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Hosea 14:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 14:4-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 14:5

Adam Clarke on Hosea 14:5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Hosea 14:5

John Calvin on Hosea 14:5

Keil & Delitzsch on Hosea 14:4-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Hosea 14:5-7

Rashi on Hosea 14:5