Hosea 14:5

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“I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.”

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BSBPD

“I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hosea 14:5 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
  2. 2 Samuel 23:4is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
  3. 2 Kings 19:30And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
  4. Job 29:19My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
  5. Psalms 72:6May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
  6. Psalms 72:16May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field.
  7. Psalms 92:13Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
  8. Proverbs 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
  9. Song of Solomon 2:1I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
  10. Song of Solomon 2:16My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
  11. Song of Solomon 4:5Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
  12. Isaiah 12:1In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
  13. Isaiah 18:4For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
  14. Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
  15. Isaiah 27:6In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
  16. Isaiah 35:2It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
  17. Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
  18. Isaiah 57:18I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
  19. Isaiah 57:19bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
  20. Jeremiah 3:22“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.
  21. Jeremiah 32:41Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
  22. Ezekiel 17:22This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
  23. Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
  24. Micah 5:7Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.

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