Hosea 14:5

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³ Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

⁴ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

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

⁶ His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

⁷ They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
KJV: I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
WEB: I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.
ASV: I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
DARBY: I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
BLB: I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily, and he will strike forth his roots like Lebanon.

ÅB: Jeg vil være som dugg for Israel; han skal blomstre som en lilje, og han skal slå røtter som skogen på Libanon.
OTB: Jeg vil være som morgendugg for Israel;
Han skal blomstre som liljen,
Sette røtter som Libanons sedrer.
B1930: Jeg vil være som dugg for Israel; han skal blomstre som en lilje, og han skal slå røtter som skogen på Libanon.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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 and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
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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.
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Ephesians 3:17
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
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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:
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Job 29:19
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
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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 herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
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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 thine offspring:
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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 man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
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