5I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots;


In Context

2 Take words with you and return to the Lord . Say to him: "Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips.

3 Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount war-horses. We will never again say 'Our gods' to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion."

4 "I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them.

5 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots;

6 his young shoots will grow. His splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.

7 Men will dwell again in his shade. He will flourish like the grain. He will blossom like a vine, and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon.

Hosea 14:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:5I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:5I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:5I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.