I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily and fasten his roots, as the trees of Lebanon.

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

They that dwell under his [a]shadow, shall return: they shall revive as the corn, and flourish as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:8 Whosoever join themselves to this people, shall be blessed.

    his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,(A)
    his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.(B)
People will dwell again in his shade;(C)
    they will flourish like the grain,
they will blossom(D) like the vine—
    Israel’s fame will be like the wine(E) of Lebanon.(F)
Ephraim, what more have I[a] to do with idols?(G)
    I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;(H)
    your fruitfulness comes from me.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:8 Or Hebrew; Septuagint What more has Ephraim