Hosea 14:6
4 I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
5 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.
7 They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
8 O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.
- KJV
- His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
- WEB
- His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
- ASV
- His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
- DARBY
- His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
- BLB
- His branches will go forth, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and the fragrance unto him like Lebanon.
- ÅB
- Hans skudd skal brede seg vidt utover, og hans løv skal skinne som oljetreet, og dufte skal han som Libanon.
- OTB
- Hans grener skal bre seg,
Og hans prakt skal være som oliventreet,
Og hans duft som Libanons sedrer. - B1930
- Hans skudd skal brede sig vidt utover, og hans løv skal skinne som oljetreet, og dufte skal han som Libanon.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 52:8
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
Read in contextPsalms 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
Read in contextRomans 11:16–24
If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
Read in contextPhilippians 4:18
I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
Read in context2 Corinthians 2:14–15
But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
Read in contextGenesis 27:27
So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.
Read in contextEzekiel 31:3–10
Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.
Read in contextEzekiel 17:5–8
He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.
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